root@iapic (Admin) (02/07/90)
We have just installed nn on our Sequent Balance 8000 running Dynix 3.0. Everything appears to work fine on networked computer with vt100 emulations, dialup with vt100, and a wyse 60 running under vt100 emulation. Unfortunately most of our users work with Wyse50 or 60 terminals. The news is displayed correctly but when the user trys to execute a command using the : nothing happens. For example, to post the user is to type ':post[rtn]'. The cursor just sits there and winks. Obvious problem is the termcap. I have spend the past 5 hours comparing a termcap that works with nn but is an abomination in vi to our termcap which has been working for several years. If the following lines are added to the termcap :ae=\EcD:as=\EcE:\ :kb=^?:kd=^N:kl=^B:kr=^F:ku=^P:\ :ke=\E~2:ks=\E~3:\ the cursor keys, home key generate various letters but don't move where I want them to go. According to the Wyse manual, these sequences manipulate the application mode of the terminal turning on and off the keypad. I have painfully eliminated the various other parts of the termcap(s) as culprits. I want to use nn but I use vi far more frequently and paid money for cursor keys 8-). Any suggestions would be appreciated. E-mail is preferred. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Harold L. Trammel hlt@iapic.cvm.uiuc.edu IAPIC-CVM Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ==================================================================
storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) (02/08/90)
root@iapic (Admin) writes: >Unfortunately most of our users work with >Wyse50 or 60 terminals. The news is displayed correctly but when >the user trys to execute a command using the : nothing happens. For >example, to post the user is to type ':post[rtn]'. The cursor just >sits there and winks. The most plausible cause of this problem is that in nn, the interpretation of arrow keys takes precedence over normal control characters. For example, on a WYSE 50 where the left-arrow key send a ^H, the BACKSPACE key will be interpreted as the "left" key which has nothing to do with "back-spacing" in nn (it depends on which command you bind to the left key). And if the down-arrow sends a ^J or ^M (linefeed or carriage return), nn will falsely interpret the RETURN key as the "down" key, also when you enter a : command. I suspect that is the case with the WYSE. There are some tricks to get around this problem, but whether they work or not depend on the version you have. The Backspace problem can be worked around in 6.3.7 by the command set erase-char left The RETURN problem may be solved by the command map key down ^J which maps the falsely interpreted RETURN key back to a linefeed. This is a known bug which I hope to get fixed in the soon to be posted 6.3.12, but otherwise will be solved in 6.4 (which will have a new function key recognition mechanism). ++Kim Storm -- Kim F. Storm storm@texas.dk Tel +45 429 174 00 Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark No news is good news, but nn is better!