termcap and DISPLAY weirdness

From: John Santore (john_at_santore.com)
Date: 11/16/03

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    I'm on an AIX box running 4.3.3, ML9
    Recently upgraded from 4.3.2. I don't think
    it's AIX specific, though.

    We've encountered the following error and I
    was wondering if anyone out there had any ideas.

    Using a X emulator (Kea.X), we can log into the
    machine and spawn an xterm. When we try to run
    a particular application we get the following
    problems:
                1) TERM is set to vt220, however function keys
            and other vt220 specific issues aren't working
                2) The application is basically a green screen
            type app, but it uses several solid line type
            characters. Unfortunately, within the xterm
            the border lines look like a's with umlauts and
            miniature 3s, and the formatting is all munged up.

    If, however, from within that xterm, I telnet back to the
    machine, both the function keys and the application lines
    look and work just fine. Unfortunately, I need to spawn
    various xview type windows so a straight telnet isn't a
    sufficient solution. I've tried setting DISPLAY and
    xhosting and the like, but upon setting DISPLAY, even the
    telnet session app no longer works (both screen draw and
    function keys)

    Additional piece. If I telnet to the machine using a
    non X windows emulator (CRT), lines and function keys
    work ok. If, however, I set DISPLAY to a machine
    with the Xwindows emulator, my lines and function keys
    cease to work.

    Any ideas?

                                        -John

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