draper@bu-tyng.bu.edu (Sir Dave of Wentworth) (01/24/89)
First I would like to thank all of the people who sent me email replys. I logged in this morning and found around 10 of them. It's nice to know that you can get help and inofrmation when you need it. Now on to the good stuff. Original problem: >I have recently started using Telix version 3.11 as a communication >program. I have noticed a problem using the vt102 emulation and >GNU Emacs. > >Problem: When using ^b to move backwards through text the display >is erased as you move. The characters ARE NOT deleted. A simple ^l >to refresh the screen shows that they are still there. The commands >for moving forward, ^f, and for moving to the next and previous line >appear to work correctly. In other words the display is not erased. > >Question: Is this normal operation or is something wrong? > I will not bother to include each reply since they were all basically the same. The problem lies with how Telix treats incoming backspaces and how the Telix configuration is set up. If Telix receives incoming backspaces as destructive you experience the above problem. If Telix receives incoming backspaces as non-destructive everything seems to work fine. Here is a little problem that I noticed and how it affected me. By pressing the alt-o keys while in Telix this brings you into the 'Configure Telix' menu. There you can select the 'Terminal options' and set the incoming backspaces as non-destructive. This is what I originally did and it did not work. What Telix was doing was reading the configuration of the dialing entry and using that to overide the default settings. I was unware that I had set the incoming backspaces to destructive in the dialing entry. To cure that problem bring up the dialing directory using alt-d and then select the entry that needs to be corrected. Then set the menu on the bottom of the screen to 'edit' and set the incoming backspaces to the correct setting. Save the entry and you should be all set. Once again thanks to all those who sent replys. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Draper Boston University Corporate Education Center UUCP: decvax!elrond!bu-tyng!draper 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro MA 01879 Internet: draper@bu-tyng.bu.edu (508) 649-9731 x14 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.cp Subject: Telix and GNU Emacs - SUMMARY Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: draper@bu-tyng.UUCP (Dave Draper) Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Boston University Corporate Education Center, Tyngsboro MA Keywords: First I would like to thank all of the people who sent me email replys. I logged in this morning and found around 10 of them. It's nice to know that you can get help and inofrmation when you need it. Now on to the good stuff. Original problem: >I have recently started using Telix version 3.11 as a communication >program. I have noticed a problem using the vt102 emulation and >GNU Emacs. > >Problem: When using ^b to move backwards through text the display >is erased as you move. The characters ARE NOT deleted. A simple ^l >to refresh the screen shows that they are still there. The commands >for moving forward, ^f, and for moving to the next and previous line >appear to work correctly. In other words the display is not erased. > >Question: Is this normal operation or is something wrong? > I will not bother to include each reply since they were all basically the same. The problem lies with how Telix treats incoming backspaces and how the Telix configuration is set up. If Telix receives incoming backspaces as destructive you experience the above problem. If Telix receives incoming backspaces as non-destructive everything seems to work fine. Here is a little problem that I noticed and how it affected me. By pressing the alt-o keys while in Telix this brings you into the 'Configure Telix' menu. There you can select the 'Terminal options' and set the incoming backspaces as non-destructive. This is what I originally did and it did not work. What Telix was doing was reading the configuration of the dialing entry and using that to overide the default settings. I was unware that I had set the incoming backspaces to destructive in the dialing entry. To cure that problem bring up the dialing directory using alt-d and then select the entry that needs to be corrected. Then set the menu on the bottom of the screen to 'edit' and set the incoming backspaces to the correct setting. Save the entry and you should be all set. Once again thanks to all those who sent replys. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Draper Boston University Corporate Education Center UUCP: decvax!elrond!bu-tyng!draper 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro MA 01879 Internet: draper@bu-tyng.bu.edu (508) 649-9731 x14