Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: VT100 v2.8 - the backspace saga continues... Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 88 22:19:47 GMT References: <3618@cup.portal.com>, <462@csvax.liv.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 36 In-Reply-To: <462@csvax.liv.ac.uk> Richard K. Lloyd writes: > I haven't even bothered decoding V2.8, because I was not at all impressed > with V2.7. Gee, that makes a lot of sense. Because you don't like a particular piece of software, ignore all updates and improvements to it. > I'm afraid that I expect 95% or greater emulation of VT100 > features when using a terminal emulator and V2.7 fell far short of the mark. In what areas? VT100 has far better emulation than much of its commercial competition -- Online! and Diga!, for example. I realize there may be better emulations out there (Handshake (freely redistributable) and A-Talk (commercial)), but I have never had any problems talking to Unix boxes, VAX/VMS, or anything else with VT100. > As to the backspace sending a delete ($7F) character - hooray ! > That's the way it should be...the VAX/VMS loves $7F chars !! What ? > You're not using VAX/VMS ? Shame on you ! Seriously, ANY VT100 > terminal emulator worth its salt will have a configurable > backspace/delete option... VT100 has had a configurable backspace/delete option for a while now...at least it's there in 2.7. Perhaps if you inspected the software a bit more closely before dismissing it, you would have realized the fact. --M Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now...only much, much better" --Laurie Anderson, "Language is a Virus"