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From: bga@bgalli.eds.com (Billy G. Allie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Telix VT102 emulation
Summary: Needs backspace to be non-destructive.
Keywords: telix vt102 emulation
Message-ID: <338@bgalli.eds.com>
Date: 3 Mar 89 02:47:32 GMT
References: <3308@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> <91936@sun.uucp>
Organization: BGA's home system, Dearborn MI
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In article <91936@sun.uucp>, mms@sordid.Sun.COM (Michael Silverstein) writes:
< In article <3308@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> frank burleigh writes:
< *> 
< *> Finally, when I use VI the 'h' (move left) key removes characters from
< *> the screen (ick), but fortunately does not delete them.  What have I got
< *> set wrong?  I've noticed other VT102 flakiness, mostly characters
< *> disappearing from the screen.
< 
< I also like Telix very much, but have had problems with the VT102 emulation.
< Not exactly the one mentioned above, but the "r" command (replace char)
< leaves a blank; then redrawing the screen with ^L shows the new char right
< where it should be. My termcap works fine with other VT102 emulators (I've
< never tried it on a real VT102), so I don't think that's the problem.

I believe you will find that you have the type of backspace used set to
DESTRUCTIVE.  This causes the character that is backed over to be replaced
by a space.  You need to change the type of backspace to NON-DESTUCTIVE,
which will cause the 'h' and 'r' vi commands to work as expected.
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