Re: termcap and DISPLAY weirdness

From: Thomas Dickey (dickey_at_saltmine.radix.net)
Date: 11/16/03

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    Date: 16 Nov 2003 15:33:21 GMT

    John Santore <john@santore.com> wrote:

    > 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.

    it's probably not termcap, either (more likely terminfo)

    > 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

    is $TERM set to vt220 there as well? (perhaps not).

    > 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.

    then it might be a font problem - but the comment about telnet'ing back
    appears to be missing some detail. 

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Thomas E. Dickey
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