Xref: utzoo comp.terminals:2659 comp.unix.programmer:1254
Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,sco.opendesktop,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Alternate character modes on magic_cookie_glitch terminals (long)
Keywords: qvt101, freedom100, curses
Message-ID: <3XX9VY1@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 6 Mar 91 22:51:33 GMT
References: <1502@rascal.UUCP> <10248@scolex.sco.COM> <1504@rascal.UUCP> <10513@scolex.sco.COM>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Lines: 10

Some televideo-braindamage style terminals allow you to set the attribute
character width to 0, allowing you to write a character in the magic cookie
cell. So the magic cookies don't show up on the screen but still do weird
stuff like set the rest of the screen to the attribute.

Try turning "ms" off and "xs" on. In terminfo, that means you must disable
"move_standout_mode" and enable "ceol_standout_glitch".
-- 
Peter da Silva.  `-_-'  peter@ferranti.com
+1 713 274 5180.  'U`  "Have you hugged your wolf today?"