rgr@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (robert.g.robillard) (02/02/90)
I'm trying to run GnuEmacs (18.51) on an AT&T 6386 (a 80386 based pc running sysV r3) and it's having trouble with the terminal type. The Escape sequence that it sends out to reverse-video the line at the bottom of a window is wrong--it prints as RD, and messes up the minibuffer line. I've got TERMINFO defined, but the code in term.c looks like it trys to use termcap anyway. I took the xt out of the /etc/termcap entry for AT386, but it didn't help. Does anyone have any advice about this problem? Thanks in advance. -- | Duke Robillard | | Internet: rgr@m10ux.att.com | BITNET: rgr%m10ux.uucp@psuvax1 | | UUCP: {backbone!}att!m10ux!rgr | (maybe) |
kittlitz@granite.cr.bull.com (Edward N. Kittlitz) (02/13/90)
the problem is that the attribute "xt" is defined for your terminal. this is called dest_tabs_magic_smso and implies that tabs destroy characters in their path, and that standout mode sequences are also problematical. this atribute is something for teleray1061, and for some reason it is specified in the termcap and terminfo that I got for my PC. xt implies characteristics like tab destroying characters passed over. Emacs responds to this attribute by sending a sequence like ESC-R-D. Whether or not that is really the correct thing to do, I cannot say. I removed the xt attribute in both my termcap and terminfo and have not noticed any obvious problem; the mode like is highlighted correctly.