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Re: IMP for the C-128

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From: Chris Gordon
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1986 07:29
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I think this is useful enough to enough people to make it worth posting.

In article <2835@garfield.UUCP> jay@garfield.UUCP (Jay Kumarasingam) writes:
>I just started using the IMP terminal program on the commodore 128. I set
>the term to be adm31 and everything works fine except......
> i)  whenever there is a reverse video line (like when you more filename),
>     all I get is graphic characters.

Don't use adm31, the code for reverse video (or standout) is different for the
C128 - use oadm31 (old adm31) if you have it on your system. If you don't, you
could always make your own termcap entry and change the :so=\EG1: to :so=\EG4:

> ii) within vi when I insert into a line, it seems to overwrite the line.
>     escape after insert does seem to change matters.  does not seem to
>     work either.

This is because the insert start/end codes given in the termcap entry do NOT
work on the 128. I think you're best bet would be to make up your own
termcap entry. If you would like some help, here's a termcap entry I use
(although until I get my NEWSYS installed, I can't really test it out but I
*know* the codes work on CP/M 3.0 on the 128 - I have tried them.) :

setterm adm31
setenv TERMCAP "l1|adm31|31:is=\Eu\E0:cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:al=\EE:am:le=^H:bs:ce=\ET:cm=\E=%+\040%+\040:cl=\E*:cd=\EY:co#80:dc=\EW:dl=\ER:ho=^^:kd=^J:kl=^H:kr=^L:ku=^K:li#24:mi:nd=^L:se=\EG0:so=\EG4:up=^K:"

(I just set up a file and 'source' it (from csh))


>That is all I found so far. Am I using the most suited termcap entry? Has
>anyone else had the same problems and/or fixed them? Please post. Also if 
>anyone has the description (with escape sequence codes) for the adm31, I
>would appreciate it if you would post it or mail it to me.

Here are some I know (taken and modified from the termcap entry) :

Escape codes for C128's CP/M emulating ADM31. '#' represents a number. 'ESC' is
the ESCAPE code (ASCII 27). SPC is ASCII 32.

ESC E		insert line
ESC R		delete line
ESC W		delete character
ESC *		clear entire display (same as ^Z)
ESC Y		clear to end of display (same as ESC y)
ESC T		clear to end of line (same as ESC t)
ESC G 4		start standout
ESC G 0		end standout
ESC = # #	move cursor to (#-32, #-32)
^^		home cursor (how to type this from the keyboard I don't know -
		could always use "ESC = SPC SPC")
^K		up one line
^L		right one charactrer
^H		left
^J		down


I hope this helps.

			...Chris

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Subject: Re: IMP for the C-128
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Posted: Sun Oct 26 02:29:58 1986
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