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diff --git a/konsole/doc/More/vt100_setup.txt b/konsole/doc/More/vt100_setup.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1bdf44cdd --- /dev/null +++ b/konsole/doc/More/vt100_setup.txt @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +From: [email protected] (Jim Sherwin) +Newsgroups: comp.terminals +Subject: Re: VT100 (DEC) Setup Problem (online/offline) +Message-ID: <[email protected]> +Date: 25 Oct 91 02:02:07 GMT +Organization: DEC -- Video, Image and Printer Systems Group +Lines: 63 + + + Striking the SET-UP key places you into SET-UP A mode. SET-UP A is + basically your tab stops. Use the space bar to move along the ruler + and strike the T key at the desired tab stop location. + + SET-UP B may only be entered from SET-UP A and is done be striking + the 5 on the main keyboard (i.e. top-row). + + To exit SET-UP B strike the SET-UP key. + + The SET-UP parameters are as follows: + + + Bank Position Parameters + + 1 1 Scroll; 0=jump; 1=smooth + 1 2 Autorepeat; 0=off; 1=on + 1 3 Screen; 0=dark; 1=light + 1 4 Cursor; 0=underline; 1=block + + 2 1 Margin Bell; 0=off; 1=on + 2 2 Keyclick; 0=off; 1=on + 2 3 ANSI/VT52; 0=VT52; 1=ANSI + 2 4 Auto XON/XOFF; 0=off; 1=on + + 3 1 Pound Sign; 0=octothorpe; 1=British Pound + 3 2 Wrap Around; 0=off; 1=on + 3 3 New Line; 0=off; 1=on + 3 4 Interlace; 0=off; 1=on + + 4 1 Parity Sense; 0=odd; 1=even + 4 2 Parity; 0=off; 1=on + 4 3 Bits per Char; 0=7 bits; 1=8 bits + 4 4 Power; 0=60 Hz; 1=50 Hz + + While in SET-UP B mode, these features are set by positioning the + cursor above the feature switch, using the spacebar, and striking + the 6 key on the main keyboard. + + To set the ANSWERBACK MESSAGE, enter SET-UP B and strike the SHIFT + and A keys simultaneously. The terminal will respond with A = on + the screen. Type a message delimiter character which may be any + chaacter not used in the actual message. Type the ANSWERBACK + MESSAGE, up to 20 characters. Type the message delimiter + character. The message will disappear from the screen. You may + not edit an ANSWERBACK MESSAGE. You may only supercede it with a + new ANSWERBACK MESSAGE. + + To save the SET-UP, strike the SHIFT and S keys simultaneously, + while in SET-UP mode. + + I hope this helps. + + Jim + + + <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> + <> "When things are going well, \ Jim Sherwin a.k.a. <> + <> someone will inevitably \ [email protected] <> + <> experiment detrimentally." \ !decwrl!royalt.enet.dec.com!sherwin <> + <> Boyle's Second Law \ sherwin%[email protected] <> + <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> + + +Article 20936 of comp.dcom.modems: +Path: utkcs2!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!think.com!news.bbn.com!news.bbn.com!news +From: Paul Placeway <[email protected]> +Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,alt.bbs +Subject: Re: Detecting ANSI on a remote system +Date: 11 Jul 1992 00:04:09 GMT +Lines: 82 +Message-ID: <[email protected]> +References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> +NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com +Xref: utkcs2 comp.dcom.modems:20936 alt.bbs:11447 + [email protected] (Nils Hammar) writes: + +< [email protected] (David Emami) writes: + + +< >I am currently writing a communications app using TurboVision; I've got a +< >view that can display ANSI, but how do I let the system that I hook up with +< >that I can use ANSI codes. Most BBS's that I've tried respond with "ANSI +< >detected" or "ANSI not detected" when I login using a commercial term +< >program, based on the emulation I'm using. I presume that the BBS sends a +< >string which I need to respond to in a certain way; what should my program +< >be looking for, and how should it answer? Any help would be appreciated. + +< What I have been using is the function that reports the cursor position. +< If you get an answer on that request that is correct, it's ANSI, or a VT100 +< compatible terminal. To determine if it's a VT100 or similar, you will have +< to send a second request that's only recognized by the VT100 or +< similar terminals. That request will result in an answer that tells you +< almost everything that you need to know about the terminal. +< If this secondary request doesn't give you any response, then it's only +< ANSI. This is a really nice way to find out if you can send high resolution +< graphics to the caller too. What a surprise to get a hig resolution +< picture on the screen when you are calling an ordinary BBS! + +The ANSI Device Status Report (DSR) is + + ESC [ <n> n + +where <n> is 5 for a status report (OK reply is "ESC [ 0 n"), and 6 +for report cursor position (reply is "ESC [ <row> ; <col> R"). + +ANSI (and DEC) Send Device Attributes is + + ESC [ <n> c + +where <n> is a number, in ASCII 0-9, and usually is 0 for the request. + +Here are a (small) selection of replies: + + what reply comments + ---- ----- ----------- + xterm ESC[?1;2c VT100 w/AVO + MacKermit ESC[?1;2c + VT102 ESC[?6c + VT320 ESC[63;1;2;8;9c + +(These are from vttest, by Per Lindberg) + + vanilla VT100 ESC[?1;0c no options + VT100 with STP ESC[?1;1c + VT100 with AVO ESC[?1;2c could be a VT102 + VT100 with STP and AVO ESC[?1;3c + VT100 with GPO ESC[?1;4c + VT100 with STP and GPO ESC[?1;5c + VT100 with AVO and GPO ESC[?1;6c + VT100 with STP, AVO and GPO ESC[?1;7c + VT100 with PP and AVO ESC[?1;11c + VT100 with PP, GPO and AVO ESC[?1;15c + VT132 with AVO ESC[?4;2c + VT132 with AVO and STP ESC[?4;3c + VT132 with GPO and AVO ESC[?4;6c + VT132 with GPO, AVO, and STP ESC[?4;7c + VT132 with PP and AVO ESC[?4;11c + VT132 with PP, GPO and AVO ESC[?4;15c + VT131 ESC[?7c + VT125 ESC[?12;5c VT125 also has ROM version + VT125 with AVO ESC[?12;7c number, so this won't work + VK100 (GIGI) ESC[?5;0c + VK100 (GIGI) ESC[?5c + + DXterm (DEC's version of xterm) ESC[?63;1;3;4;6;8;9;15;16;29c + +< For this reason, I once wrote a program that convert PCX pictures +< to DEC Sixel Graphics. It was interesting to view those pictures +< on the screen with MS-KERMIT (which supports Sixel Graphics in colour.) +< The only disadvantage was that Sixel graphics is bitmapped and slow. + +This is cute, but one needs to be careful about assuming what a +terminal emulator will do based on what it claims to be. There are a +lot of mediocre "emulations" out there. This is partially because the +ANSI spec allows the terminal to do a lot of weird and unexpected +things, like embedding simple control characters in the middle of an +escape sequence. ("foo ^H^[^H[^H4^HCbar" should render as "foo bar". +Yuck.) + + -- Paul Placeway <[email protected]> |