papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (07/09/90)
In article <90189.163902JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes: >In article <25695@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) says: >>When you resize the window or change fonts, A-Talk III recomputes the >>no. of rows and no. of colums and RESETs the vt100 emulation to the initial >>state. Vn will no longer recognize the arrow keys, since that is not >>the initial VT100 state. Vn will send the appropriate sequence to put the >>keypad and arrow keys in the correct modes at start-up only. Most other >>UNIX programs (like vi, for example) will do the same. > >I've got exactly the same problem with ATalk-III when using it on the >Penn State mainframe (VM/CMS). If I touch ANYTHING in the ATalk-III >menus, none of the function keys, PF keys, or cursors will work right >anymore. >I understand Doc's explanation, but is there no solution?? Well, you don't seem to understand. You say, "If I touch ANYTHING in the A-Talk III menus .. none of .... will work right". This is FALSE. The cursor and keypad keys are reset in ONLY TWO conditions: change font and resize the window (and change the terminal type if you wish :-) None of the other menu selections has any effect on the cursor and keypad keys. Of course, logging into a system from the Phonebook will also reinitialize the terminal to the RESET condition of whatever terminal you've chosen (VT100, VT52, H19, etc.) > I've already >learned not to mess with it, but sometimes it is necessary, and I find >it really annoying to have to log off, make the change, then save >the configuration, quit, reload, and relog Note that the keypad and cursor key STATUS are NOT saved when you save a phonebook entry. This is exactly like on a REAL VT100, which will start in its RESET mode when is powered up. There are quite a number of programs that ASSUME that a VT100 is set up in such a way. >If there is no solution, I may be changing term programs.... Good luck at finding another terminal program that does dynamic-VT100 emulation in a Workbench Window. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=