Having problem with window(1) and vt102 emulator

[Christopher E. Piggott]

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I am having a problem with window (4.3Bsd) and a vt102 terminal emulator on
one of those MC68000 atari's.  The perplexion (word?) is that it works without
a flaw with jove, vi, systat, and that sort of thing, but when window is
called up it (1) changes to an alternate character set and (2) totally botches
cursor addresses.

Does window use the termcap (or curses?) library in a way different than most
programs do, causing it to blow it?  Perhaps it uses the wrong initialization
string, or something like that ... window seems to work properly on another
friend's vt100 emulator, this one on a Mac, but I'm not convinced that on the
Atari the problem is the terminal emulator, and want to pick the brains of
anybody who knows why this could be, from the viewpoint of 'window'.

I hope I phrased the question properly - my apologies if I did not.  Please
reply via E-Mail, as I don't regularly read this group.  Thank you.

				Christopher E. Piggott

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

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