Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihdev.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihdev!pdg From: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (P. D. Guthrie) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: 4.2 and sysline Message-ID: <373@ihdev.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 10:28:12 EST Article-I.D.: ihdev.373 Posted: Mon Oct 28 10:28:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 04:12:26 EST References: <1247@wanginst.UUCP> Reply-To: pdg@ihdev.UUCP (55224-P. D. Guthrie) Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 In article <1247@wanginst.UUCP> ss@wanginst.UUCP (Sid Shapiro) writes: >Hi there people, >I would like to use the sysline facility - sounds neat. >I am running ultrix 1.1, The manual says that it works for terminals like >the vt100. Here I am sitting at a vt100. I say sysline. I get a "No status >line capability for vt100" So, does sysline lie, or does the manual lie, or >have I missed something simple? > The manual is both correct, and incorrect. The vt100 has no status line capability, and normally will not work. However, it is possible to write a new termcap for a vt100 that says it has 23 lines, and that there is a status line on line 24, and when ever you login make it so that termcap entry is used, and echo the characters to have a scrolling region from lines 1-23. This works fine. Paul Guthrie p.s. if anyone needs this I'm sure I can dig it up off tape.