From: bbs.ruscal@tsoft.net (Russel Mar)
Subject: vt100 terminfo re-posted
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 09:17:32 GMT

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Post: 1582 of 1585
From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: vt100 = vt100-am?
Date: 8 Dec 92 19:30:52 GMT
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Lab, APG MD.

In article <1fofb7INNno8@uwm.edu> dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David A 
Rasmussen) writ
es:
>I was just looking at our terminal setting query program and note
>that we identify alot of vt100 terminals as vt100-am. I then looked
>into the termcap file and as I suspected, vt100 and vt100-am were the
>same entry.  My question is, are the supposed to be the same entry?
>Does anyone have any termcap files where they are not the same terminal
>entries?

"vt100-am" is supposed to denote an entry for the VT100 that specifies
the "am" (auto-margin) capability.  Unfortunately the VT100 does not have
a true "am" capability; it is more complex than that.  The best VT100
termcap description I have managed to assemble over the years follows;
you can convert it to terminfo the usual way:

#
# DEC VT100 with variations for Advanced Video Option and screen width.
# The following SET-UP modes are assumed for normal operation:
#       ANSI_MODE       AUTO_XON/XOFF_ON        NEWLINE_OFF     
80_COLUMNS
#       WRAP_AROUND_ON
# Other SET-UP modes may be set for operator convenience or communication
# requirements; I recommend
#       SMOOTH_SCROLL   AUTOREPEAT_ON   BLOCK_CURSOR    MARGIN_BELL_OFF
#       SHIFTED_3_#
# Unless you have a graphics add-on such as Digital Engineering's VT640
# (and even then, whenever it can be arranged!) you should set
#       INTERLACE_OFF
# Hardware tabs are assumed to be set every 8 columns; they can be set up
# by the "reset", "tset", or "tabs" utilities (use vt100-x, 132 columns, 
for
# this).  I have included some compatible code in "rs" for the VT640 if 
you
# have one.  No delays are specified; use "stty ixon -ixany" to enable 
DC3/DC1
# flow control!
# Thanks to elsie!ado (Arthur David Olson) for numerous improvements.
d0|vt100|DEC VT100 with AVO:\
        :ae=^O:as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:co#80:cr=^M:\
        :cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:DO=\E[%dB:do=^J:ho=\E[H:is=\E<\E)0:it#8:\

        :k0=\EOP:k1=\EOQ:k2=\EOR:k3=\EOS:kb=^H:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:kl=\EO
D:\
        :kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:l0=PF1:l1=PF2:l2=PF3:l3=PF4:LE=\E[%d
D:\
        :le=^H:li#24:ll=\E[24H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m:mr=\E[7m:ms:nd=\E
[C:\
        :nw=\EE:rc=\E8:RI=\E[%dC:\
        :rs=^X\E<\E2\E[?9h^]\E^L^X\E[20l\E[?3;9;6l\E[r\E[m\E[q\E(B^O\E)0\E
>:\
        :sc=\E7:se=\E[m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:ti=\E[?7l:\
        :te=150\E[?7h:ue=\E[m:UP=\E[%dA:up=\EM:us=\E[4m:vt#3:xo:\
        :cl=\E[H\E[J:\
        :bs:kn#4:pt:
dv|vt100-v|DEC VT100 without AVO:\
        :ue@:us@:\
        :tc=vt100:
d8|vt100-w|DEC VT100 with AVO in 132-column mode:\
        :co#132:ct=\E[?3h\E[g:\
        :rs=^X\E<\E2\E[?9h^]\E^L^X\E[20l\E[?9;6l\E[?3h\
\E[r\E[m\E[q\E(B^O\E)0\E>:\
        :tc=vt100:
d9|vt100-x|DEC VT100 without AVO in 132-column mode:\
        :ct=\E[?3h\E[g:li#14:ll=\E[14H:ue@:us@:\
        :tc=vt100-w:

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