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From: bcripe@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Brian E. Cripe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hpterm vs. xterm
Message-ID: <101950186@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 8 Feb 91 21:55:20 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.130753*Steinar.Haug@elab-runit.sintef.no>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> 5) hp also supports the regular xterm, but some things that have been
>    developed for hp computers _require_ the use of hp terminals in
>    order to work...  that, and pride, are probably only the reasons
>    why hpterm is the default...

There is one other reason why hpterm is the default for HP VUE.
Hpterm has some additional capabilities that allow VUE to prestart
hpterm processes and then "pop them up" whenever the user needs
a terminal window.  These capabilities also allow VUE to cache
terminal processes when the user kills them (or thinks he is killing
them) and pop them back up again when the user needs another one.

	Brian Cripe