[comp.sys.hp] HP-BASIC from NON-HP X-server ?

kitagawa@wave.ntt.JP (Masahiro Kitagawa) (04/10/90)

I am trying to figure out how to use HP-BASIC/UX (rmb)
from non-HP X-servers.

There are lots of HPUX's running in the labs.
We also have non-HP UNIX's and X-terminals on the desks.
Most of my colleagues want to use HP-BASIC at their desks as well as
in their labs. (Quite reasonable, isn't it.)

I have tried font aliasing. (The list appended at the end of the article).
There might be better aliasings. Anyway it works.
I can see the HP-BASIC's window on non-HP X-servers such as NCD, XNeXT.
I can even click buttons such as "EDIT", "LIST" on the bottom line.

But I can type nothing right. KEYS MAP COMPLETELY WRONG.
When I hit 'q', '5' appears. Mapping is something like:
Q->5, W->4, E->3, R->2, A->Y, S->T, D->R, F->E, G->W, H->7, .....

Does anyone know why this happens and how to straighten out the key
mapping ? Please teach me.

HP's telephone response center in Japan says,
"No way you can use HP-Basic from non-HP X-server ! Buy HP."

Come on ! Is it another manifestation of single-vendorism on 
multi-vendor protocols ?
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Masahiro Kitagawa
NTT Research Labs. Tokyo Japan
kitagawa@wave.ntt.jp

---------------------------- fonts.alias --------------------------------
hp8.10x20       -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-94-iso8859-1
hp8.10x20b	-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-99-iso8859-1
hp8.12x15	-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-74-iso8859-1
hp8.6x13	-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-64-iso8859-1
hp8.6x13b	-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1
hp8.6x8		-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-44-iso8859-1
hp8.6x8b	-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-47-iso8859-1
hp8.7x10	-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-54-iso8859-1
hp8.8x16	-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-74-iso8859-1
hp8.8x16b	-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-77-iso8859-1
hp8.8x16i	-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--14-140-75-75-p-73-iso8859-1