cayz@udel.EDU (James Cayz) (08/23/89)
Hi, I recently downloaded the newest version of KA9Q from simtel20, and am having a _real_hard_time_ getting Unix to understand what kind of terminal I am on... Seems that ansi, vt100, vt52, vt102 all come close (ie, clear the screen OK), but have a variety of problems in vi..... Most common is the cursor seems a bit confused as to where it is (sometimes it is 1 line up, 1 col left, or both), or a scroll backwards results in a lot of text being scrambled on the top line, and the other 23 lines not changing..... I have spent the last few hours trying to write a termcap, but having no idea what the specs are, I've been tearing my hair out.... I am running the 890421.1 version of KA9Q. DOS3.3, with standard ansi.sys loaded. Standard IBM PC XT, with std IBM mono card & monitor..... If anyone has a good termcap for this, can you mail me a copy???? Thanx mucho for all of your help, in advance! James |James Cayz can be found via: USPS: Educational Technology Laboratory, |E-MAIL (ARPA): cayz@louie.udel.edu : 203 Willard Hall Education Building, |PHONE: +1 302 451-6307 : University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
hoffman@cs.pitt.edu (Bob Hoffman) (08/23/89)
The terminal type used with KA9Q is completely independent of the KA9Q software itself and is controlled only by the screen driver you have loaded; in your case, ANSI.SYS. You could modify the 'ansi' termcap entry so that it corresponds more closely with just what ANSI.SYS expects, or you might try a replacement screen driver. There are some drivers available on the net which provide a better VT100 emulation. Two names that come to mind are NANSI.SYS and FANSI-CONSOLE. I have used the unmodified 'ansi' termcap entry and set "stty -tabs" and have been able to use vi without too much trouble. ---Bob.