jpage@rruxa.UUCP (J Page) (10/06/87)
Anyone in "netland" know of a way to get multiple windows(24x80) up on a vt100 terminal. I've heard rumblings that it is possible using the newest X11 version of X windows???? Other alternatives would be helpful as well. Note we are running on a VAX 8650 with Ultrix 1.2(incomplete SV curses) Thanks in advance, Jim Page
guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) (10/08/87)
> Anyone in "netland" know of a way to get multiple windows(24x80) up on a > vt100 terminal. I've heard rumblings that it is possible using > the newest X11 version of X windows???? Anything's possible, I guess, but I would be VERY surprised if this were the case. X was specifically designed for bit-map displays, and I suspect almost all X programs assume that you have a bit-mapped display handy. There is a huge gap between dumb character terminals and bit-map displays, and trying to build a window system that supports the former would probably result in one that inadequately supported the latter. > Other alternatives would be helpful as well. > > Note we are running on a VAX 8650 with Ultrix 1.2(incomplete SV curses) There have been several windowing programs for dumb terminals posted to the net at various times; check out the "comp.sources.unix" archives. There is one provided with 4.3BSD, called "window"; you may be able to get that to run, if you have 4.3BSD source handy. Guy Harris {ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy guy@sun.ctor