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From: secrist@msdsws.DEC.COM ("Richard Secrist, Digital Equip. Corp. USA")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: VT Wars
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Date: 9 Aug 88 14:38:01 GMT
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As Andy was pointing out one man's "nice VT-100" emulation is not anothers.
How about some substance on the major VT functions of these programs, folks ?
O/S doesn't matter, but I'll throw in some VMS examples:

Terminal ident sequence response: does it respond to Z or those
  other things (i.e. does it do a VMS $ SET TERM/IDENT or fire up
  ALL-IN-ONE correctly)

Keypad and arrow-key support: how does it do it (e.g. keypad sequences,
  pull down with a mouse, etc.); do arrow keys auto-repeat or can you
  type them fast without error ?

Printer support: does it support the PORT escape sequences.

Line drawing and graphics support: e.g. Andy's PF2 HELP EDT example or
  does it do the square-blocks in a VMS $ MON SYS ?

How does it fake things it can't do, like double-height, double-width ?

What serial, modem, and display cards does it support ?

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Does anybody's program do all of the above well ?

rcs