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In-Reply-To: HQPYR1:TPU-Mgr@SHSU.edu's message of 12-14-92 06:31

I used EDIT/FMS, which may be a precursor of DECforms.  Anyway, the screen
editor there would allow you to edit (...dramatic pause...) ONE SCREEN,
including special graphic renditions and character sets.  There was an option
to do just what you want, namely, to produce an output file which could be used
in a $ TYPE command to display the results directly to the terminal without
requiring any special interpretation outside that performed by the terminal
ROMs.  Perhaps DECforms also has the option to produce such an output file.

The TPU command SET(TEXT,window,NO_TRANSLATE) will allow the specified window
to display control sequences directly to the screen.  Below, I have excerpted
some of the relevent sections from the VAX Text Processing Utility Manual:

    Digital recommends that you use this mode for sending directives to the
    terminal but not for editing. VAXTPU does not manage margins or window
    shifts while NO_TRANSLATE mode is enabled.  Furthermore, VAXTPU does
    not necessarily update lines of text in the order in which they appear
    when NO_TRANSLATE mode is enabled.

    To send escape sequences from within a VAXTPU procedure, you can use
    SET (TEXT) with the NO_TRANSLATE keyword followed by statements using
    the MESSAGE and UPDATE built-ins.  See the example in this built-in
    description for more information on this technique.


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