[ale] VT-100-220-320 docs, anyone?

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Dec 6 13:14:40 EST 2006


Also there is a book with all the terminal RFC's.  

Termcap is a great place to start.  It baiscally tells the system what 
escape characters to send to make the terminal behave in certain ways.

The way I've understood it was that VT100 was the base and 220 and 320
built ontop of that base.

On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 10:22 -0500, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I'm working on some terminal code, and need a reference to tell me what a
> particular terminal is supposed to do in response to a certain escape
> sequence from the server. In particular, I'm working in vt320 mode, and
> receiving an ESC [2L, which I believe should insert 2 lines. However, the
> way I'm inserting the lines is what I'm questioning...
> 
> Anyway, long story short...how in the hell does one determine what they're
> supposed to do in cases like this? Where are the specifications for
> 100/220 and 320?!?
> 
> Thanks as always!
> 
> (disclaimer: I vaguely remember asking something similar years ago but
> couldn't dig it up...so forgive me ;)
> 
> John
> 
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