Re: termcap and DISPLAY weirdness

From: Chuck Dillon (cdillon_at_nimblegen.com)
Date: 11/18/03 

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:16:08 -0600

Joe Durusau wrote:
>
> It appears that the O.P. is trying to run software that "thinks" it
> is operating a VT220, while it is really operating an Xterm. The
> two are not compatible. It is possible that setting the TERM env.
> variable to Xterm (or something similar, depending on the system),
> might work. The bootom line is that VT220 line graphics are not
> avialable
> in an Xterm window, at least not on systems I have used.

The latest xterm supports VT220 according to the manpage on linux for
example. Given that Thomas Dickey, one of the authors of xterm and I
believe the current maintainer, responded in the thread and didn't
raise this issue seems to confirm that.

Not to mention that the OP indicates that the xterm does emulate the
VT220 when telnet is in the loop.

-- ced

>
> Speaking only for myself,
>
> Joe Durusau 

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Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
NimbleGen Systems Inc.
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