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From: dbfunk@ICAEN.UIOWA.EDU (David B Funk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Apollo termcap .. a dumb question
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Date: 6 Jan 90 06:03:41 GMT
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In posting  <103964@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> Bob Shaw asks:

> I know this may be a dumb question ... however
> Is there an  Apollo termcap available for other systems.
> Here is why I'm asking ....
> When I rlogin from my apollo to another system (Convex for example)
> I would like to have the same enviornment as the Apollo.  One reason
> is to get a full screen advantage for emacs.  Of course , you can
> use the vt100 emulator, but you are limited to ~80x24 and cannot 
> realize the full benefit of emacs or whatever you're running.

I don't know of a way to get the Apollo function keys to work with
a remote emacs as they do with the Apollo port of GNUemacs (from LNZ),
but you can, at least, get the larger window size. The trick is to
have the remote system ask the vt100 emulator for the window size
and then to do a "stty" with the row & col values on the remote system.
Look at the "vt100 unix" help file for the details. IE do a 
"help vt100 unix", or read the file "/sys/help/vt100/unix.hlp".
This should work for both sr9.7 & sr10 systems.

Dave Funk