[comp.mail.elm] elm does not work in Sun window

david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) (05/27/89)

I have a problem that probably has an easy solution.  I usually use elm
on a remote device, but ever so often I use it on the Sun console.  Elm
does not seem to understand the console exactly.  It runs, but it does
not place things in the right place on the screen.  The header line at
the top of the menu page is usually a little off, and the arrow cursor
does not appear in the right place, and sometimes not at all.  It does
not seem to be a problem with the operation of the program, just the
formatting of the screen.  I am running in a commandtool window, with
term=sun-cmd.  I am running SunOS 4.0.1 and elm 2.2.  Thank you,
-David-

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syd@dsinc.DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) (05/27/89)

In article <470@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:
:I have a problem that probably has an easy solution.  I usually use elm
:on a remote device, but ever so often I use it on the Sun console.  Elm
:does not seem to understand the console exactly.
[...]
:I am running in a commandtool window, with
:term=sun-cmd.

Yes this is an easy one.  Elm requires a shelltool window not
a commandtool window.  It does direct cursor addressing, and command tool
windows allow for scolling.  I run Elm just fine on my Sun using a shell
tool window and term=sun.
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