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From: cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: strange behavior from the new Winqvt (4.65) ??
Message-ID: <1991May23.025855.26809@isc.rit.edu>
Date: 23 May 91 02:58:55 GMT
References: <3398@travis.csd.harris.com> <1991May19.171201.4651@isc.rit.edu> <1991May21.205538.4717@rti.rti.org>
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In article <1991May21.205538.4717@rti.rti.org> bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) writes:
>In article <1991May19.171201.4651@isc.rit.edu> cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) writes:
>>				my problems with winqvt 4.65 are completely
>>different from that of the previous poster's ( which i have not seen ) .
>>specifically : [...]
>>
>>o the screen length is not recognized by VMS , which assumes a 25 (  24 ? )
>>  line screen no matter what it is sized to .
>
>I can't comment much on winqvt (I don't use it), but I can make a few
>comments about using terminals on VMS.
>
>The typical DEC terminals attached to a VMS system didn't have a
>report that would return the number of lines on a screen until
>recently (the VT420).  Versions of VMS before V5.4 do not recognize
>the VT420;  moreover, even V5.4 does not request the appropriate
>report from the terminal.  (As far as I know the only time that
>VMS gets the page length right is when you are running from a
>workstation - but my understanding of winqvt is that it doesn't

				thanks -- my experience with differing
page lengths has been on DECwindows and UIS workstations , which is
probably why i expected it to work . the UIS window , however , only
pledges VT241 ( ReGIS ) compatibility , though ...

				another problem with WinQVT 4.65 :
instead of scrolling the screen up and then adding the next line when
you use the scroll bars , it redraws the entire screen every time ,
slowing the process considerably . normal scrolling , however , works
properly .


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