kinzler@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Stephen Kinzler) (07/21/88)
How to Get the Most Out of Your Esprit 6110 Terminal under Unix
Stephen Kinzler, kinzler@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
Whether you use an Esprit 6110 terminal out of desire or necessity, you
can increase its capabilities considerably over using it as a Viewpoint
emulator by using the customized configuration I will describe here.
Added Capabilities
o add/delete lines
This is a function many other smarter terminals don't have. It also
gives the Esprit the ability to scroll backwards, a feature sorely
lacking in the Viewpoint emulation. It is very helpful at slower baud
rates. Unfortunately, the terminal still does not have a special
function to insert/delete characters.
o ten function keys
The numeric keypad may alternately serve as ten function keys for use
in applications that can exploit this, such as vi. Since when in
function key mode, the keypad simply transmits an escape character
before the digit, it is also appropriate to use the function keys in
applications such as emacs and tcsh which use esc/digit sequences for
numbers.
o editing keys
The home and arrow keys are defined for applications which can use
these definitions, such as vi.
o display modes
The terminal displays standout in half-bright and can display
foreground in either bright on black or black on bright.
o ascii display
The terminal can display a screen of the ascii character set.
Terminal Setup
First you must have the appropriate setup on the terminal. Setup mode
is entered by typing ctrl-setup. Use the enter and left and right
arrow keys to move around. Toggle/select options with the 't' key.
Exit setup mode by another ctrl-setup. To permanently save your setup
exit with shift-enter.
Emulation: HAZ1500
Mode: ON LINE
Comm: FD
Aux Port: as appropriate, probably OFF
Wraparound: ON
Auto Line Feed: OFF
Keyclick: as desired
Scroll: ON
Intensity: HIGH
Reverse: ON
Blink: OFF
Underline: OFF
Blank: OFF
Country: USA/UK
Xon/Xoff: ON
Leadin: ESC
Eom: CR
Baud: as appropriate
Parity: 0
Frequen: as appropriate, probably 60
Display: REVERSE
Cursor: as desired
When the terminal is first powered on in this configuration, it will
print in standout mode. This will be corrected the first time
the host sends something to be printed in standout, or can be
corrected yourself by echoing esc/ctrl-_ to the terminal.
Host Setup
The following termcap entry should be used. At Indiana University,
this entry is included in the default termcap file, /etc/termcap, on
Computer Science network machines.
# Stephen Kinzler, kinzler@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu, July 1988
H9|esprit|e|esprit 6110 in a customized hazeltine 1500 mode:\
:al=40\E^Z:am:bs:bw:cd=10\E^X:ce=\E^O:cl=40\E^\:cm=\E^Q%r%>^_ %+`%+`:\
:co#80:dl=40\E^S:do=\E^K:k0=\E0:k1=\E1:k2=\E2:k3=\E3:k4=\E4:k5=\E5:\
:k6=\E6:k7=\E7:k8=\E8:k9=\E9:kb=^H:kd=\E^K:kh=\E^R:kl=^H:kn#10:\
:ko=al,cl,dl:kr=^P:ku=\E^L:li#24:me=\E0P:mr=\E0@:ms:nd=^P:se=\E^_:\
:so=\E^Y:ta=\E\072:up=\E^L:
These are some useful csh aliases for use with your Esprit. Note that
"^[" is ctrl-[ or the escape character.
alias ascii 'echo -n ^[8' # display ascii screen
alias black 'echo -n ^[0P' # display bright on black
alias funcpad 'echo -n "^[;"' # use keypad as function keys
alias numpad 'echo -n "^[>"' # use keypad as numeric keys
alias white 'echo -n ^[0@' # display black on bright
These keys can be used at any time to change the terminal's
configuration.
ctrl-1,2 enter/exit monitor mode where control characters are
displayed with small two letter characters; Auto Line
Feed should be ON while in this mode
ctrl-4 keyclick toggle
ctrl-5,6,7 select static/slow/fast cursor
ctrl-8,9 select block/underline cursor
shift-break send a break signal
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