FilePro from Linux xterm or other terminal?
Bill Campbell
bill at celestial.com
Wed Aug 11 17:50:37 PDT 2010
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010, John Esak wrote:
>Hey, I like Bruce's Comments Inline Belov... We could shorten that to just
>CIB at the top of anything that might be questionable.
>
>And since I'm at the top of a very long interspersed thing I'll just finish
>my comments up here.
>
>1. I don't see how any setting for Putty xcould affext filePro alerting you
>to changing a screen from mono to color (or vicce versa). That's just a
>matter of reading the file and alerting one way or the other isan't it?
>You'r not changing the screen files by the PUTty settings.
Personally, I much prefer my terminals to be simple monochrome
with generally light backgrounds and black text although on SCO
consoles I generally did a ``setcolor yellow blue'' to use yellow
text on a blue background which I found easy to read. When using
the ``vim'' editor, I normally leave syntax off as I find the
colors hard to read, only turning it on when looking for the
elusive missing quotes.
>2. On termdcaps for ansi, I've always set the EOF character to a period with
>th3e GZ vcalue. I don't see how a ~ does this, but so be it. For those
>locked into using Windows, there is a filePro variable called PFEOF to set
>the character you want.
The ``~'' character is the proper character for graphic line
drawing characters that is used after the GS graphics start code.
In that mode single ascii characters are mapped to the graphics
for box corners, and other characters. I don't Do Windows, much
less deal with Windows graphics, so don't know how that works.
>3. Boy wouldn't this all be easier if Bob Rasmussen just did all the work he
>did on Anziowin for a Linux desktop! :-) Like I say, I bet it is because
>of the long standing penchant of the Linux community that everyything should
>be free. In this case, it has come back to byte everybody. :-) (Sorry, you
>know I can't resist. ...
Generally my clients don't have a problem paying a reasonable
price for things like terminal programs, but $150 for PowerTerm
doesn't seem reasonable to me.
There are a few termcap variables that I can't identify, and
would like definitions for a termcap comparison script. Over the
years I've found most of them going back to the Tandy Xenix codes
used for Microsoft extensions used by MultiPlan and friends.
These are the ones I don't know that are found in the FilePro
termcaps for scoansi and xterm, and my xterm-linux
CD scoansi xterm xterm-linux
dn \E[B \E[B None
LD F7 F7 Ctrl-E
LZ Enter Enter RETURN
GY \E[11m\031\E[10m None None
LY Del Ctrl-C Ctrl-C
``LD'' is a FilePro label for something, but not being a FP
developer or user, I haven't a clue what. It would have a
related ``PD'' which is the code sent by the MultiPlan Page Down
key according to my history.
``LZ'' label seems to be what one does going from field to
field, but there's no corresponding ``PZ'' definition.
``GY'' looks like a graphic code of some kind, and looks sorta
like ANSI code to highlight whatever the octal \031 character is
on a SCO terminal.
``LY'' looks like it should be what FilePro uses to say press
this key twice to exit/cancel a screen. This (a) seem to have
any effect when I change it, and (b) isn't really a termcap
thing, but is related to the ``stty intr'' interrupt setting.
Here is a comparison of the termcap codes in the FilePro termcap
for scoansi, xterm, and xterm-linux as I have it today. Termcap
codes have padding characters removed to make it easier to
compare the functional part of the strings. The xterm P0->P3
codes for the FilePro xterms are the codes sent by old DEC and
Wyse VT class terminal's PF1->PF4 keys, and are *NOT* the codes
sent by any modern (e.g. non-SCO) xterm emulation I've seen.
This gets wider than 80 columns as my termcap comparison script
sets column widths to the minimum needed to display the data in
that column.
CD scoansi xterm-color xterm-linux Description
al \E[L \E[L \E[L add (insert) blank line
am True True True automatic margins
bs True None True ^h does backspace
cd \E[J \E[J \E[J clear to end of display
ce \E[K \E[K \E[K clear to end of line
CF None None \200 Tandy Xenix: Cursor Off
cl \E[2J\E[H \E[2J\EH \E[2J\EH clear screen
cm \E[%i%d;%dH \E[%i%d;%dH \E[%i%d;%dH cursor motion
CN None None \200 Multiplan sent by CANCEL key
co 80 80 80 number of columns in a line
dc \E[P \E[P None delete character
dl \E[M \E[M \E[M delete line
do None None \E[B down one line
ei None end insert mode
eo True True None can erase overstrikes with a blank
G1 \277 k k Xenix Upper-Right Corner Character
G2 \332 l l Xenix Upper-Left Corner Character
G3 \300 m m Xenix Lower-Left Corner Character
G4 \331 j j Xenix Lower-Right Corner Character
GC \305 n n Xenix Center Graphics (+) Character
GD \302 w w Xenix Down Tick Character
GE \E(B \E(B Xenix Graphics Mode End
GH \304 q q Xenix Horizontal bar Character
GL \264 u u Xenix Left Tick Character
GR \303 t t Xenix Right Tick Character
GS \E(0 \E(0 Xenix Graphics Mode Start
GU \301 v v Xenix Up-Tick Character
GV \263 x x Xenix Vertical Bar Character
GZ \376 ~ FILEPRO-16 field end mark Character
ho \E[H \E[H None home cursor (if not cm)
ic \E[@ \E[@ None insert character
im None insert mode (enter)
is None None terminal initialization string
kb ^h \177 None sent by backspace key
ku \E[A \E[A \E[A sent by terminal up arrow key
kd \E[B \E[B \E[B sent by terminal down arrow key
kl \E[D \E[D \E[D sent by terminal left arrow key
kr \E[C \E[C \E[C sent by terminal right arrow key
ke None None \E[?1l\E> out of keypad-transmit mode
kh \E[H \E[H \E[H sent by home key
ks None None \E[?1h\E= put terminl in keypad-transmit mode
L0 F1 F1 F1 FILEPRO-16 insc Insert Character
L1 F2 F2 F2 FILEPRO-16 delc Delete Character
L2 F3 F3 F3 FILEPRO-16 insl Insert Line
L3 F4 F4 F4 FILEPRO-16 dell Delete Line
L4 ESC ESC ESC ESC ESC ESC FILEPRO-16 save record [ESC] [ESC]
L5 F5 F5 F5 FILEPRO-16 dupl Duplicate Key
L6 PgUp Pg Up PgUp FILEPRO-16 utab Up Tab
L7 PgDn Pg Dn PgDn FILEPRO-16 dtab Down Tab
L8 ShiftTAB ESC TAB ESC-TAB FILEPRO-16 ltab Left Tab
L9 TAB TAB TAB FILEPRO-16 rtab Right Tab
LA Ctrl-O Ctrl-O Ctrl-O FILEPRO-16 clef Clear End of Field
LB F6 F6 Ctrl-F FILEPRO-16 dmap Display Fields
LC Ctrl-L Ctrl-L Ctrl-L FILEPRO-16 Redraw,Multiplan PREVULK
LE F8 F8 Ctrl-P FILEPRO-16 dprt Display Print Codes
LG Ctrl-Z Ctrl-X Ctrl-Z FILEPRO-16 crup Up Arrow (DT-1)
LH F9 F9 Ctrl-G FILEPRO-16 cdwn Down Arrow (DT-1)
li 25 25 25 number of lines on screen or page
LJ F10 F10 Ctrl-X FILEPRO-16 crgt Right Arrow (DT-1)
ms True True None safe to move while in so and ul mode
nd \E[C \E[C \E[C nondestructive space (cursor right)
P0 \E[M \EOP \E[11~ FILEPRO-16 insc Insert Character
P1 \E[N \EOQ \E[12~ FILEPRO-16 delc Delete Character
P2 \E[O \EOR \E[13~ FILEPRO-16 insl Insert Line
P3 \E[P \EOS \E[14~ FILEPRO-16 dell Delete Line
P4 \E\E \E\E \E\E FILEPRO-16 save record [ESC] [ESC]
P5 \E[Q \E[15~ \E[15~ FILEPRO-16 dupl Duplicate Key
P6 \E[I \E[5~ \E[5~ FILEPRO-16 utab Up Tab
P7 \E[G \E[6~ \E[6~ FILEPRO-16 dtab Down Tab
P8 \E[Z \E^I \E^I FILEPRO-16 ltab Left Tab
P9 ^I ^I ^I FILEPRO-16 rtab Right Tab
PA ^O ^O ^O FILEPRO-16 clef Clear End of Field
PB \E[R \E[17~ ^F FILEPRO-16 dmap Display Fields
PC ^L ^L ^L FILEPRO-16 Redraw,Multiplan PREVULK
PD \E[S \E[18~ ^E Multiplan sent by PAGE DOWN key
PE \E[T \E[19~ ^P FILEPRO-16 dprt Display Print Codes
PG ^Z ^X ^Z FILEPRO-16 crup Up Arrow (DT-1)
PH \E[U \E[20~ ^G FILEPRO-16 cdwn Down Arrow (DT-1)
PJ \E[V \E[21~ ^X FILEPRO-16 crgt Right Arrow (DT-1)
PN \E[5i None None Tandy Xenix: enable printer port
PS \E[4i None None Tandy Xenix: disable printer port
pt True True True has hardware tabs
RT None ^J None Multiplan sent by RETURN Key
se \E[m \E[m \E[m end stand out mode
so \E[7m \E[7m \E[7m begin stand out mode
sr None None \EM scroll reverse (backwards)
tc None linux None goto terminal - must be last
te None None \E[?1l string to end programs that use cm
ti None None \E>\E[?5l\E[?7h\E[?8h string to begin progs that use cm
ue \E[m \E[m \E[m end underscore mode
up \E[A \E[A \E[A upline (cursor up)
us \E[4m \E[4m \E[4m start underscore mode
dn \E[B \E[B None unknown
LD F7 F7 Ctrl-E unknown
LZ Enter Enter RETURN unknown
GY \E[11m\031\E[10m None None unknown
LY Del Ctrl-C Ctrl-C unknown
Bill
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