Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ALEXANDER.BBN.COM!jr From: jr@ALEXANDER.BBN.COM (John Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: While we're blaming the terminal... Message-ID: <8612151539.AA06054@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 10:39:42 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612151539.AA06054 Posted: Mon Dec 15 10:39:42 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 21:06:05 EST References: <844@tpvax.tc.fluke.COM> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 25 Oops ... >> Oops, I think your ignorance is showing there podner. >> The VT-100 >> terminal is so widely used and became an industry standard because it >> implements ANSI standard X3.41. Actually, it implements part of, or rather is compliant with, ANS (American National Standard) X3.64, which includes by reference ANS X3.4, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), and extends it by specifying a lot of the things you can do with the control characters. ASCII pretty much confines itself to the printing characters. ASCII is also an international (ISO) standard, and is called IA5 for International Alphabet 5 (sorry, I forget the ISO standard number). Many termcaps now include an X3.64 generic terminal definition called "ansi". >> Standards are awfully tough to come by, and >> it is not a trivial task to create them. X3.41 is responsible for ASCII, >> the 8-bit character standard that makes it possible for you to so >> effortlessly complain about "multiple character codes". No argument here beyond numbering. /jr