From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis) Subject: Re: Screen 3.2 Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 16:13:01 GMT
Gary.Pfeffer@f1161.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Pfeffer) writes:
>I just compiled screen 3.2 and it is a pretty nice screen manager to
>run
>on serial terminals (don't need them on the console) but my problem is
>that most machines will be running wyse 50s on the serial ports. It
>appears that iScreen is very much vt100 oriented.
>Is there any screen managers out there that will run on multiple
>terminal types (allow the user to define the terminal characteristics
>like
>Crisp does... a kind of supplementary termcap for the extended
>functions
>needed for a windowing system.)?
>Gary
>-/> YaleBBS v1.09c [Nov 17, 1992]
>---- Yecho v1.07a
> * Origin: The Exchange BBS - (410) 529-1716 - Baltimore, MD USA
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I have not used screen in a LONG time, but part of its design for a long
time has been the ability to take almost any kind of terminal which has an
accurate termcap and map vt100 escape sequences to the closest native
approximation or emulate using cursor movement primitives. Once you start
up screen, then your TERM variable points to a TERMCAP description in the
environment. I have successfully used screen from an ADDS Viewpoint to use
applications that absolutely require a vt100. You can get dumber than a
Viewpoint only with great difficulty.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.