sirotto@oak.circa.ufl.edu (Mike Cerrato) (12/07/90)
That probably looked like a stupid question, but I am new to the mainframe
world . . . Stop me if I'm wrong, but from what I have been able to gather, a
termcap lets the mainframe know how to do things like clear the screen and how
to interperate the cursor and function keys, right?
If that was right, does that mean that if I had the termcap for a TEK 4014, I
would be able to use one? Does the fact that I am on a VAX running VMS change
things?
If this is something everyone else knows already, you can email me answers...
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University of Floridaskum@eng.umd.edu (Allon Stern) (12/10/90)
In article <00940C73.E7A06D00@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU> sirotto@oak.circa.ufl.edu (Mike Cerrato) writes: [Basically correct definition of TermCap] > >If that was right, does that mean that if I had the termcap for a TEK 4014, I >would be able to use one? Does the fact that I am on a VAX running VMS change >things? > Yes, it sure does... Termcap files are a unix thing...under VMS, there is a similar file (forgot the name, but you can read about it in the SMG$ section of the VMS Library/system services manual) but I haven't heard of anybody successfully getting things like EDT and the like to work with their new terminal definitions...oh, I think the file is called TERMDEF.somthing_or_other and should be located in a directory like sys$system, or sys$library. >Michael E. Cerrato Internet: SIROTTO%maple.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu >University of Florida | Allon Stern | (301)405-4864 [work] | Ring around the Internet | | skum@bessel.umd.edu| (301)314-4080 [dorm] | A packet with a bit not set | +--------------------+-----------------------+ ENQ ACK ENQ ACK | | Unix weirdo in training. Handle with care. | We all go down! |