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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: vt100tool
Message-ID: <4594@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 10 Jun 88 13:11:14 GMT
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Reply-To: barnett@steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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I wrote vttool. The current version is 1.8 and available from
the sun-spots archive. The Sun User's Tape contains version 1.0.

Note that there are at least three programs that provide vt100
emulation for a Sun. (One sold by Sun).

Mine is the simplist. It has the following characteristics:

	Simple. No double high/wide characters or graphic characters.
	Really two different programs that work together:

		vttool - SunView program that provides buttons to any
			 tty-window aplication.
		vtem - a termcap-based emulator for vt100's
			(written by Leif Samuelsson- runs on any terminal).

You can create new button files that let you easily make 'tools' for
termcap-based programs. Included in the package is:

	Button file for the EDT editor.	
	Moriatool
	Omegatool

You can easily make a hacktool, csh-tool, rn-tool, etc.

Version 1.8 allows you to specify everything from the command line.

I am working on 1.9 - very slowly. If you need vttool, send me mail.
I would also appreciate any comments/improvements/button files.
-- 
	Bruce G. Barnett 	<barnett@ge-crd.ARPA> <barnett@steinmetz.UUCP>
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