I'm looking at Solaris 10 (on x86, with a PC keyboard) to see if it offers
anything for me over Linux.

I need to use it on the desktop in an environment with VMS systems and with
emacs configured locally for DEC's EDT keypad emulation, so a high quality
terminal emulator is vital.

On Linux, I use xterm with a keyboard mapping file for local sessions and
use PuTTY for connections to VMS systems.

What are other people here using to connect to VMS systems from a Solaris
desktop ? Are any of you using EDT keypad mode when editing locally ?

I was hoping that dtterm would offer a better emulation environment than
PuTTY/xterm, but I can't even find any way to configure it's keyboard
emulation. Is one expected to use a resource file (as in xterm) or are
there other options that I am missing ?

[I'm aware of the terminal emulators built into Gnome/KDE, but they have
always proved to be useless for this use.]

Thanks for any information,

Simon.

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Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world

Simon Clubley wrote:
> I'm looking at Solaris 10 (on x86, with a PC keyboard) to see if it offers
> anything for me over Linux.
> 
> I need to use it on the desktop in an environment with VMS systems and with
> emacs configured locally for DEC's EDT keypad emulation, so a high quality
> terminal emulator is vital.
> 

I use Windows and Reflection X Suite (formerly from WR&Q but now, I 
believe, from Attach Mate).  The PC keypad is a key short of being able 
to do a proper DEC keypad emulation unless you can find a (rare) LK-250 
or LK-450 keyboard.

In article <4739B62F.4060502@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:
> Simon Clubley wrote:
>> I'm looking at Solaris 10 (on x86, with a PC keyboard) to see if it offers
>> anything for me over Linux.
>> 
>> I need to use it on the desktop in an environment with VMS systems and with
>> emacs configured locally for DEC's EDT keypad emulation, so a high quality
>> terminal emulator is vital.
>> 
> 
> I use Windows and Reflection X Suite (formerly from WR&Q but now, I 
> believe, from Attach Mate).  The PC keypad is a key short of being able 
> to do a proper DEC keypad emulation unless you can find a (rare) LK-250 
> or LK-450 keyboard.
> 

I'm trying to reduce my use of Windows, not increase it, :-) but thanks
for the pointer.

[BTW, as regards the PC keypad, it is rather fortunate that the missing key
is delete word, as I never use that key...]

Does anyone else know if there other terminal emulation options available
within Solaris 10 that I have not mentioned, or have you suggestions for
configuring the dtterm keyboard emulation ?

Thanks for any information,

Simon.

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Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world

On Nov 14, 7:25 am, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
(Simon Clubley) wrote:
> In article <4739B62F.4060...@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@comcast.net> writes:
>
> > Simon Clubley wrote:
> >> I'm looking at Solaris 10 (on x86, with a PC keyboard) to see if it offers
> >> anything for me over Linux.
>
> >> I need to use it on the desktop in an environment with VMS systems and with
> >> emacs configured locally for DEC's EDT keypad emulation, so a high quality
> >> terminal emulator is vital.
>
> > I use Windows and Reflection X Suite (formerly from WR&Q but now, I
> > believe, from Attach Mate).  The PC keypad is a key short of being able
> > to do a proper DEC keypad emulation unless you can find a (rare) LK-250
> > or LK-450 keyboard.
>
> I'm trying to reduce my use of Windows, not increase it, :-) but thanks
> for the pointer.
>
> [BTW, as regards the PC keypad, it is rather fortunate that the missing key
> is delete word, as I never use that key...]
>
> Does anyone else know if there other terminal emulation options available
> within Solaris 10 that I have not mentioned, or have you suggestions for
> configuring the dtterm keyboard emulation ?
>
> Thanks for any information,
>
> Simon.
>
> --
> Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world

Can't you use /usr/openwin/bin/xterm?  Its available on our Solaris 10
systems.

Brad

Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> wrote:

> I was hoping that dtterm would offer a better emulation environment than
> PuTTY/xterm, but I can't even find any way to configure it's keyboard
> emulation. Is one expected to use a resource file (as in xterm) or are
> there other options that I am missing ?

for dtterm - there are manpages and resources,
but they don't cover the whole program.

regarding xterm -
Some people use a script (with resource file), as noted

http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#how2_fkeys

but xterm already does send all of the proper strings (just not where your
fingers may expect).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

In article <1195069883.323849.262990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,  vanospam@cox.net writes:
> 
> Can't you use /usr/openwin/bin/xterm?  Its available on our Solaris 10
> systems.
> 

I use xterm at the moment on Linux. The problem is while it's VT display
emulation is good, it's VT keyboard layout and user interface is not ideal.

It is looking like xterm at the moment though.

Thanks to everyone who posted for their responses.

Simon.

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Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world

In article <1195069883.323849.262990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
	vanospam@cox.net writes:
> On Nov 14, 7:25 am, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> (Simon Clubley) wrote:
>> In article <4739B62F.4060...@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@comcast.net> writes:
>>
>> > Simon Clubley wrote:
>> >> I'm looking at Solaris 10 (on x86, with a PC keyboard) to see if it offers
>> >> anything for me over Linux.
>>
>> >> I need to use it on the desktop in an environment with VMS systems and with
>> >> emacs configured locally for DEC's EDT keypad emulation, so a high quality
>> >> terminal emulator is vital.
>>
>> > I use Windows and Reflection X Suite (formerly from WR&Q but now, I
>> > believe, from Attach Mate).  The PC keypad is a key short of being able
>> > to do a proper DEC keypad emulation unless you can find a (rare) LK-250
>> > or LK-450 keyboard.
>>
>> I'm trying to reduce my use of Windows, not increase it, :-) but thanks
>> for the pointer.
>>
>> [BTW, as regards the PC keypad, it is rather fortunate that the missing key
>> is delete word, as I never use that key...]
>>
>> Does anyone else know if there other terminal emulation options available
>> within Solaris 10 that I have not mentioned, or have you suggestions for
>> configuring the dtterm keyboard emulation ?
>>
>> Thanks for any information,
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>> --
>> Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
>> Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world
> 
> Can't you use /usr/openwin/bin/xterm?  Its available on our Solaris 10
> systems.
> 

Or if it is loaded, /opt/sfw/bin/xterm, which I think is a much newer
version.

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