[Coco] expanded termset wasRe: Play with NitrOS-9 over the Internet

[Tim Fadden]

On 12/30/2009 3:47 PM, Willard Goosey wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 03:01:47AM -0600, George Ramsower wrote:
>
>    
>>    line, the Kimtron KT7 was in there. This is good that the termset
>>    file was expanded. As I recall, there was no software for those of
>>    us that used a coco that utilized this file.
>>      
> Dynastar V.3 also uses termset!  FHL 1)included an expanded termset
> file (which I had to think about, where did this come from? :)
>
> 2)Documented termset a little better than Microware/Tandy did (/Y
> sends a 1 char. position (5) /Y/Y always sends a 2 char. position
> (05)) and
>
> 3)expanded it by also storing color codes for windint terminals.  A
> final string in the form $aa$bb$cc$dd sets up Dynastar colors:
> $aa -- foreground for help menu
> $bb -- background for help menu
> $cc -- foreground for regular text
> $dd -- background for regular text
> (Doesn't describe how these map onto the actual palette numbers :-()
>
>
> So the final FHL termset spec is:
> name:cursor code:offset value:delete line:delete char:clear screen:
> clear to eol:insert line:start alternate:end alternate:length:width:colors
>
> Also, doesn't dynacalc use something like termset, embedded in its
> initialization file?
>
> Sculptor also uses a terminal capabilities database, but it has its own.
>
>    
>> {T0|03}/DD:list /x1/termset
>>      
> Oooooo, there's some entries there I don't have!
>    

Your welcome Willard.  :-)

Tim

> (Databases like termset, termcap, and terminfo set my "gotta collect
> them all" bit. ;-)
>
> Willard
>