In article <1996Apr6.151915@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Aaron D. Yon
ka) writes:
> In article <1996Apr5.170200@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Kent Cove
rt) writes:
>> It's an error in the terminal initialization string.  Most emulators aren't
>> affected by it, but we found a new one recently that had problems with it.
>
> What was the initialization string *supposed* to do?  What symptoms would be
> seen if I was running an emulator that was affected by the error?
 
The initialization string attempts to change your terminal into a VT200
with 7-bit control codes.  We've only seen the problem on this one emulator
(it's a brand new terminal emulator).  The error in the initialization
string causes the emulator to revert back to it's default state (VT200 with
8-bit control codes).  This causes problems with VT200 extended keys (Find,
Select, Prev, Next, etc. and function keys).
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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