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From: rpburry@ncs.dnd.ca (Paul Burry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JR-Comm VT100 emulation
Keywords: JR-Comm, VT100, GnuEmacs, Does anyone ever look at these?
Message-ID: <1990Dec31.184122.25138@ncs.dnd.ca>
Date: 31 Dec 90 18:41:22 GMT
References: <600@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <4468@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
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In article <4468@vela.acs.oakland.edu> hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes:
|In article <600@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes:
|!>Hello...
|!>
|!>I am running JR-Comm, V1.01 (unregistered) to acess the school's Un*x box.
|!>Upon login, I tell the computer I have a VT100.  This works fine for more and
|!>rn.  It does not work well for GnuEmacs :(.  Specifically, when I do block
|!>inserts or deletes, the screen is not updated properly.  If I do a CTRL/L
|!>(screen-refresh), the screen is displayed properly.  Also, the backspace
|!>char erases the character it backs over (again, only on the screen).
|!>
|!>So, my question is: what can I do to fix it?  I remember hearing somewhere that
|!>there is a termcap for the Amiga.  Where is it?  I really like JR-Comm, and I
|!>really like GnuEmacs -- I would be loath to give up either.  Any help would
|!>be appreciated beyond the ability of mere mortal man to comprehend...
|!>
|
|Hmmm. I'm using JRComm1.01 (Registered Version)  with VT100 with no
|problems using GnuMacs, etc. Perhaps there is a small bug fix between
|the unregistered and registered versions?
|
|					-Moriland

	Actually, I think that Dave has mistakenly configured the VT100
emulation to use "Destructive Backspace".  My relevant settings are:

	VT-100
	Swap DEL & BS     (and I also have stty intr ^C erase ^?)
	Wrap lines	  (I'm not sure if this is really necessary)
	Cursor blink	  (I really wish there was a blinking block, but...)
	Optimized scroll  (this doesn't seem to hurt)
	CR xlate: none
	LF xlate: none
	EOL out:  CR

and EVERYTHING on our Ultrix box, ie. emacs, vi, rn, ..., works perfectly.
No, you don't need Handshake (does it support ZMODEM yet?).


Hope I have been help,
	Paul
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