[TUHS] Compatibility question

[segaloco via TUHS]

> 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

I'm not so sure on that one, I ran this on an arbitrarily sized xterm (I use a tiling WM) and it sized the vi session correctly and didn't seem to exhibit cursor anomalies.  This encapsulating terminal is a recent (past year) build of xterm using I believe the xterm256 or whatever its named TERM, in which I then launched your script using my local copy of vax780.  Tried just now in Linux fbcon with a TERM of "linux" and likewise the vi session still seems to size to 80x24 appropriately and doesn't have any cursor positioning issues.  Note in both cases the TERM variable I describe is the *host* terminal, TERM in the emulated session is vt100.

- Matt G.