grebus@nobozo.enet.dec.com (09/08/90)
Has anyone else seen a problem with GNU EMACS 18.55 running on the ESIX console? It appears that terminfo or the AT386-M terminal description is broken. Symptoms are the mode line is preceeded by a couple garbage characters instead of being in reverse video. Also, going from two windows fails to erase the old mode line and leaves a stray "S" on the screen. BTW, things seem to work fine if I set TERM to vt100, but that breaks other things. /gary grebus@nobozo.enet.dec.com
ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) (09/11/90)
In article <15217@shlump.nac.dec.com> grebus@nobozo.enet.dec.com () writes: >Has anyone else seen a problem with GNU EMACS 18.55 running on the ESIX >console? It appears >that terminfo or the AT386-M terminal description is broken. Symptoms >are the mode line >is preceeded by a couple garbage characters instead of being in reverse >video. Also, going >from two windows fails to erase the old mode line and leaves a stray "S" >on the screen. The termcap for AT386 includes the 'xt' capability. This is supposed to mean that tabs are destructive (which for the console they are), but GNU-Emacs also interprets it to mean that the terminal is a specific one (Teleray something-or-other) with other quirks and oddities, and changes some of it's behavoir, which includes using the wrong 'standout' string. I made my own changes to Emacs to correct this but I don't have them handy. You can look in term.c for references to Teleray; I just #if 0'ed them out. Of course, then it probably won't work right with Teleray terminals... -- First comes the logo: C H E C K P O I N T T E C H N O L O G I E S / / \\ / / Then, the disclaimer: All expressed opinions are, indeed, opinions. \ / o Now for the witty part: I'm pink, therefore, I'm spam! \/