Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!DOCKMASTER.ARPA!Bach From: Bach@DOCKMASTER.ARPA (Bud Bach) Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: RE Virtual Terminals Message-ID: <861027150624.300579@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 10:06:00 EST Article-I.D.: DOCKMAST.861027150624.300579 Posted: Mon Oct 27 10:06:00 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Oct-86 19:21:06 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa Beware! Virtual Terminals are great, but some user programs may get broken. The problem is virtual terminal names look like VTnnnn where physical terminal names look like Tlnn. If you expect the terminal name to be 4 or 5 characters, you can have problems. Bud Bach bach@docmaster.arpa