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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.info-terms
Subject: Re: need termcap/cm help - tvi955
Message-ID: <1156@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 02:55:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 02:55:31 1985
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> 	For columns 1 through 80, the cursor motion is the same as for other
> 	TeleVideo terminals (and many other terminals as well) -- 
> 		cm = \E=%+\040%+\040
> 		(ESC = r c,  where row and column are added to space to
> 		make them printable).
> 
> 	BUT .. for columns 81 through 132, the sequence is:
> 		ESC = r ~ c
> 		and the value of c is calculated by subtracting 80 from
> 		the column number and then adding space.
> 
> This is the first time I've seen a cursor motion sequence like this, and I
> can't find anyway to specify something like this.  Does anyone have any
> ideas?  Or is this something that termcap can't handle without modifications
> (adding new definitions to termcap and adding new code to termlib/tgoto)?

Nope, termcap is incapable of handling this.  Use terminfo,
or restrict your use of the TVI 955 to 80 columns.