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From: dave@wsccs.UUCP (Dave E Martin  "VAX Headroom")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Using an ANSI emulator with VMS editors
Message-ID: <174@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 88 22:00:33 GMT
References: <2058@bsu-cs.UUCP> <719@ddsw1.UUCP>
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Summary: Yes you can define terminals.

> The biggest problem with VAX/VMS and terminals (in my opinion) is that you 
> can't make your own termcap entries.  The software knows of only a few 
> terminals -- all DEC products.  (Ever wonder why there's such a market for
> VT100/VT220 look-alike terminals?  Now you know!)

Yes, you can define your own terminals with VMS.  Any utility that uses SMG
routines and don't check speficially for ANSI terminals will work.

See the files: sys$system:termtable.txt, sys$system:termtable.exe, and
sys$system:smgterms.txt

this file contains the definitions for terminals and (in my opinion)
is MUCH more understandable than the UNIX equivalent.

after defining your terminal in this file you need to run a program
to "compile" it.  See the first part of the SMG documentation for details.

users can also have their own private copies of the terminal database
if they want to define something and don't (or can't) put it in the
system termtable.

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