Another approach to the Adm3a+?

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2 total messages Started by Michael Hall Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:17

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Author: Michael Hall
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:17

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	Thanks to the person who sent the termcap entries for the ADM
family of terminals.  Unfortunately, the entries are exactly as found in
the local system's termcap file.

	This leads me to think there may be a function within the stty
command that sets space characters to either destructive or merely
cursor-forward commands.  Can anyone help?

	-Mike
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Michael Hall
mphall@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu

Re: Another approach to the Adm3a+?

#1463

Author: Doug Gwyn
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:15

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In article <C1FC9D.L7x@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> mphall@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu
(Michael Hall) writes:
>	This leads me to think there may be a function within the stty
>command that sets space characters to either destructive or merely
>cursor-forward commands

No, "stty" merely affects future behavior of the tty handler portion
of the operating system; it does not transmit anything to the terminal.

While some of the LSI ADM family of terminals can be configured to have
code 32 (space) act as a non-destructive cursor-right action, it is
really not a good idea, as many programs expect the usual space
character to act destructively.  Code 12 (ctrl-L) does act as a cursor-
right command regardless of switch settings, and thus this capability
is available even when the normal, destructive space is configured.

I've seen quite a few incorrect ADM termcaps; here is the set I use.

#
# LSI ADM-3A, ADM-3A+, ADM-5
# The following ADM-3A switch settings are assumed for normal operation:
#	SPACE		U/L_DISP	CLR_SCRN	24_LINE
#	CUR_CTL		LC_EN		AUTO_NL		FDX
# Other switches may be set for operator convenience or communication
# requirements.  I recommend
#	DISABLE_KB_LOCK	LOCAL_OFF	103		202_OFF
#	ETX_OFF		EOT_OFF
la|adm3a|LSI ADM-3A:\
	:am:bl=^G:cl=1^Z:cm=\E=%+ %+ :co#80:cr=^M:do=^J:ho=^^:kd=^J:kl=^H:\
	:kr=^L:ku=^K:le=^H:li#24:ma=^K^P:nd=^L:rs=^N:sf=^J:up=^K:\
	:bs:nl=^J:
lb|adm3a+|LSI ADM-3A+:\
	:tc=adm3a:
l5|adm5|LSI ADM-5:\
	:cd=\EY:ce=\ET:kb=^H:kh=^^:se=\EG:sg#1:so=\EG:tc=adm3a:

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