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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Kermit and vt100
Keywords: VT100 kermit
Message-ID: <12181@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 19 Feb 90 21:41:19 GMT
References: <1108@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <950@studsys.mu.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <950@studsys.mu.edu> jetzer@studsys.UUCP (Mike Jetzer) writes:
-My main concern with Kermit's emulation is that it doesn't implement
-the vt100 "slide the rest of the line over" command (sorry, don't know
-what it's really called).

It's known as "insert character" and a genuine VT100 doesn't support it
either.  It appeared in DEC terminals first with the VT102.

-When I'm using Kermit and vi, if I insert text
-in the middle of a line, what I type goes right over what's there, and
-I have to do a screen redraw to get the screen to reflect the true
-state of affairs.

I would say that's a bug in your termcap (or terminfo) description.