iglesias@UCI-ICSA.ARPA (Mike Iglesias) (09/18/85)
I've noticed that when you EXIT from VMS MAIL, if your terminal type is 'unknown', you get 24 blank lines printed on your screen, whereas if it's VT52 (for example), it doesn't do it. Is there anyway to get MAIL to stop doing this? Is this something to do with the new terminal definition stuff in v4? Thanks, Mike Iglesias University of California, Irvine
MANAGER%UMDHEP.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA (09/19/85)
The reason that MAIL ejects 24 blank lines when it does not recognize the terminal type (but one of the terminal characteristics, scope/hardcopy, must be on scope) is because it is using the Screen ManaGement routines. Prior to VMS4.2, the SMG routines tried to clear the screen when deleting the window that was initialized at the beginning of MAIL, and since it did not recognize the terminal type, it had to simulate a form-feed. VMS4.2 has corrected this problem. Todd Aven