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

[John Donaldson]

WOOHOOO.....telnet in....did a tmode bsp=8....and I could then do a 
backspace with no problems.
Guys it site is looking better and better and so is the HTTP part too. 
Looking forward to the graphics
on the Web server.

John Donaldson



Tim Fadden wrote:
> 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
>>    
>
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