[TUHS] Compatibility question

Seth Morabito web at loomcom.com
Mon Dec 18 04:13:26 AEST 2023


On 12/16/23 6:01 PM, KenUnix wrote:
> I have been working with a VAX780 sim running
> Unix System V r2 VAX780 and am having strange
> issues.
>
> TERM is defined at vt100
>
> When firing up vi at times the cursor is positioned
> in the wrong place or when inserting text it over
> writes areas on the screen.

I have most often encountered this when my terminal window size was 
larger than exactly 80x24.

If you're using Xterm or Gnome-terminal or a Windows terminal, for 
example, make sure that the window is exactly 80 columns wide by 24 
lines tall, or the VT100 termcap inside the emulator will be very confused.

-Seth



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