Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Proterm Message-ID: <6571@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 3 Mar 89 09:33:10 GMT References: <8706@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CATS Lines: 29 Johnson Michael Earls wrote: >Jeremy G. Mereness wrote: >> >>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. I spoke to Greg Schaeffer (spelling?) at AppleFest (San Francisco) last year and he said that it was possible to change the default setting for the way VT100 emulation handles a character in the 80th character. It can be set to either: 1) Automatically give a linefeed. I seriously do not know why this was included and is what gives everyone a ton of trouble with full- screen type programs. 2) Just keep printing everything in the 80th character until a linefeed is actually sent. This isn't the greatest alternative either, because it would be a good idea to just keep printing things on the NEXT line [without an extra empty line like option #1]. I believe that option #2 is the default in ProTERM versions over 2.01 (i.e. 2.01 and 2.1). I do not remember how to change the default, however. Just check your manual and it should help you. ----- The Unknown User (unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu)