Andrew Gideon <A.ANDY@SU-GSB-HOW.ARPA> (01/09/85)
We have an LN01 on our VAX/780. Under VMS, it will do the correct thing for a cntl/M, but under UNIX, it does not go back to the beginning of the line. It generally doesn't move the cursor at all, in fact, so underlining looks like Underline This _________ ____ Other times, (not sent with LPR/LPD) though, it looks like: Underline This ( <--Underline characters on following line in this case) _________ ____ Anyone know why, or how to correct this? (first guess...driver doesn't like naked cntl/m, so LPR/LPD doesn't allow them?) Andy Gideon gideon@score.arpa -------
BostonU SysMgr <root%bostonu.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> (01/10/85)
You don't say how it is plugged in (what device driver.) If it's RS232 my first guess is that the tty line needs to be set with crmod off 'stty -crmod > /dev/tty??'. If it's a parallel interface then it is probably being transmuted somewhere. I don't know off-hand as both the high level stuff and the driver itself have opinions. I quote the 4.2 LP(4) 'The driver correctly interprets carraige returns, backspaces, tabs and form feeds.' The word *correctly* here may be your problem. -Barry Shein, Boston University