Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!charon!cs1552ao From: cs1552ao@charon.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Proterm Message-ID: <4579@charon.unm.edu> Date: 2 Mar 89 22:23:04 GMT References: <8706@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: cs1552ao@charon.unm.edu.UUCP (Lazlo Nibble) Organization: Studio Nibble -- One Tree Hill, New Mexico Lines: 15 >> I guess the sum of the problem is that the VT100 emulation sometimes >> sticks in extra linefeeds in programs that use the full screen and menus. > > The VT100 emulation will do an automatic linefeed whenever text is printed in > the 80th column. This causes problems, becuase a "real" VT100 doesn't do any > automatic linefeeds; it only linefeeds when it gets the linefeed character. This was true until ProTERM 2.1; the current version now properly handles 80th-column text by overprinting in the last column just like a real VT100. Solution: upgrade. (Lots of other nice new creature features in 2.1 too -- well worth moving up.) Lazlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cs1552ao@charon.unm.edu Is chinet the only site named after a paper plate?