cdl@mplvax.UUCP (11/17/83)
I have been trying to exercise the fancy features of my DM3052, which is
a cross between a DM3025 and a VT52. I can get everything to
work except insert/delete line. My reading of termcap(5) plus snooping
through /etc/termcap has led me to the following for 'add line':
al=130\EP\EB\EQ which seems to mean: <esc> P <esc> B <esc> Q ..wait 130..
Unfortunately, my reading of the terminal's manual
says that the sequence should be: <esc> P <esc> B ..wait 130.. <esc> Q
Any ideas of how to put the delay in the right place?
Carl Lowenstein {ucbvax, philabs}|sdcsvax!mplvax!cdl
Marine Physical Lab, U.C. San Diegocolonel@sunybcs.UUCP (George Sicherman) (11/21/83)
Sure. You just insert 130 nulls in the termcap entry! Stupid, but that's the way they do it.
jeff%aids-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (11/27/83)
From: Jeff Dean <jeff@aids-unix> Warning: If you insert 130 nulls into a termcap entry, programs using the 4.1 curses package will break, since the curses module cr_tty.c has a buffer of 128 characters for the termcap entry. The solution (obviously) is to increase the size of the buffer.