Adding vtXXX terminals

topher at topher.austin.ibm.com topher at topher.austin.ibm.com
Wed Jan 10 09:18:40 AEST 1990


>How are terminals to be described to AIX PS/2 1.1.1 so that also
>non-ASCII keys on the terminal do something useful? 
>
>I got a vt220 terminal to work both with a modem and with a null modem
>cable, but only ASCII codes produce expected results. I get a
>backspace with control-H, but the backspace key and cursor arrows etc.
>seem to send what they are supposed to send (they echo normally) >without
>the AIX interpreting then correctly.

I think you need too look at the manual for the vt220 itself.  Most
terminals have many setup modes, and probably there is a way to change
what characters are sent when these keys are depressed.
Topher Eliot



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