4.2 and sysline
P. D. Guthrie
pdg at ihdev.UUCP
Tue Oct 29 01:28:12 AEST 1985
In article <1247 at wanginst.UUCP> ss at wanginst.UUCP (Sid Shapiro) writes:
>Hi there people,
>I would like to use the sysline facility - sounds neat.
>I am running ultrix 1.1, The manual says that it works for terminals like
>the vt100. Here I am sitting at a vt100. I say sysline. I get a "No status
>line capability for vt100" So, does sysline lie, or does the manual lie, or
>have I missed something simple?
>
The manual is both correct, and incorrect. The vt100 has no status line
capability, and normally will not work. However, it is possible to
write a new termcap for a vt100 that says it has 23 lines, and that
there is a status line on line 24, and when ever you login make it so
that termcap entry is used, and echo the characters to have a scrolling
region from lines 1-23. This works fine.
Paul Guthrie
p.s. if anyone needs this I'm sure I can dig it up off tape.
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