Vt100 tester - HECnet

6 Mar 2013

On 2013-03-05 22:05, Clem Cole wrote:
try xterm.vt100.decTerminalID: 220
Which was my memory, I'd check to the sources for sure.

No, that is right. It should be 220, and not 200.

Also, don't forget to restart X.     The .Xresource stuff was always hokey
and if things are not perfect, bad things happen.   I've spent way more
time than I want to think dealing with Xresource crap over the years
(and b*tching at authors).

Uh. Xresources are really not that hard. You can always query the current values. No need
to ever restart because of it. But you do need to make sure you have loaded the values.
But with xrdb you can either merge new values in, or remove all the old values. I'd
say you have pretty good control over this aspect.
Figuring out the names of the keys in the xresources is another story, however.

	Johnny

Clem

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-
<system at tmesis.com <mailto:system at tmesis.com>> wrote:

      Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> writes:

...
 On 2013-03-05 21:33, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2013-03-05 21:18, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
>> Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com <mailto:clemc at ccc.com>> writes:
>>
>>> Yep.     From the FAQ:
>>>
>>> The emulation level for xterm is set via the resource      
decTerminalID,
...
 >>> *e.g.*,
>>> to 220 for a VT220. Once set, applications can set the emulation
>>> level up
>>> or down within that limit. DEC's terminals are configured in      
much the
...
 >>> same
>>> way by a setup option.
>>
>> Yup... .Xresources has "decTerminalID: vt200" but that still     
 doesn't
...
 >> excuse
>> it for misbehaving as one. ;)   It also doesn't do DECDWL or DECDHL
>> when it's
>> set for vt200.
>
> Note that the value should be set to "220", not "vt220", nor
      "vt200".
...

And I should correct myself. Leading letters are ignored in
decTerminalID, so vt220 works just as well as 220. However, vt200 will
probably still not create the desired result.

And you need the resource class or resource name in there as well, so
just a plain decTerminalID in your x resources will not work right. 

      I'll have to stop postin shorthand for you...

      XTerm.vt100.decTerminalID: vt200

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