Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!mupsy!liv-cs!sqrkl From: sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Defence against a VT100 Maculator slur... Message-ID: <3601@csvax.liv.ac.uk> Date: 30 Jun 88 10:00:47 GMT References: <914@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> <46100170@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Lines: 58 Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University In article <46100170@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >I am new to this mac world. I downloaded the VT100 emulator posted >on this net a while ago and I tried it at home. It seemed no problem >until I ran emacs. My screen was completely garbaged after I started >the emacs. I assume you are talking about my terminal emulator ("VT100 Maculator") - you don't mention any names though...! I must confess to have never used emacs (although I have played with a variant called 'Jove' which was pretty awful). It all depends on what escape sequences emacs sends - try switching the Control Chars option to 'Visible' (at least that's what I think I called it) and noting down the sequences sent when you enter emacs. You could always e-mail me a list of them and I will investigate... > Sounds to me that the problem is not so much with the Mac itself, but with > the terminal emulator in questions. Since the Mac can handle input at 19.2Kb > and above without any problem (I use the Telebit Trailblazer very frequently), > it sounds like the emulator that you are using can not handle the character > influx. I strenuously deny this ! My emulator works fine at 9600 baud with XON/XOFF active. It will support up to 57600 baud and has done so when talking to my Amiga... > I use MicroPhone II for my VT100 emulation and find it flawless. I've heard this one before ! Pull the other one - it's got bells on ! Everyone says how wonderful [fill in your favourite VT100 emulator here] is, but whenever I get to see and use them, they have some nifty gizmo features (28 varieties of uploading/downloading, fancy Tek graphics, macro facilities etc.), but the emulation is ALWAYS (without exception) lousy... > it with vi and Emacs and have had NO problems at 2400 baud. Treble ugh ! vi, Emacs and 2400 baud - what a disgusting trio that makes... A note to VT100 Maculator fans : Version 1.32 is in the works and will (hopefully) be released as a freebie soon. This version will fix all known bugs (although the 'delete-6-spaces- before-the-cursor-on-a-Mac-II' bug still has me perplexed !) and will have Newline mode added for UN*X masochists. Sorry for the delay, but all my efforts going into the Acorn Archimedes version at the moment - it's looking rather sensational if I say so myself...in fact, it's looking so amazing (here's modesty for you), that I may well go commercial with the Archimedes version (beats the socks off that ArcTerm rubbish). Richard K. Lloyd, ****** This is a VAX 11/780 running VAX/VMS V4.5 ****** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : SQRKL@UK.AC.LIV.CSVAX * Liverpool University, * UUCP : {backbone}!mcvax!ukc!mupsy!liv-cs!SQRKL * Merseyside, England, * Internet : SQRKL%csvax.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Great Britain. ******************************************************* "My opinions and those of the University of Liverpool are completely unrelated, so I'M THE CULPRIT if you feel offended by the above message - I just can't help moaning about Atari STs, PCs or clones, U**X, C, IBM mainframes, the list is endless..."