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    From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to joseph larsen on Thu Nov 5 02:21:04 2015

    04 Nov 15 18:32, you wrote to All:

    Anyone know of an ansi.sys termcap entry that allows the _proper_ way of displaying ansi? I tried the "ansi.sys" entry, and it works perfectly, however it doesn't allow the usage of the arrow keys.

    arrow keys aren't ANSI sys stuffs... neither are F keys... they're terminal keys which should be modeled into the terminal program to pick up on...

    I have an ansi gallery under my Impulse setup, which when connected
    via the console (with the console telnet client), it displays fine, however, when I try to use a GUI telnet client like Syncterm or
    Netrunner, it doesn't display correctly. And I get garbled screens.

    yeah, wow... the telnet client doesn't do ANSI sys stuff, really... termcaps are a real dance with the wolves... the termcap you use locally or via telnet is not the same termcap as what syncterm and others use... but then again, maybe what you are having trouble seeing is the >127 characters? the box drawing and frame characters?? if so, that's gonna take some different majik than just a termcap... that because your terminal is probably running in UTF-8 and may or may not be mapping those characters to their UTF-8 equivelents...

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  • From joseph larsen@1:340/800 to All on Wed Nov 4 18:32:16 2015
    Anyone know of an ansi.sys termcap entry that allows the _proper_ way of displaying ansi? I tried the "ansi.sys" entry, and it works perfectly,
    however it doesn't allow the usage of the arrow keys. I have an ansi gallery under my Impulse setup, which when connected via the console (with the console telnet client), it displays fine, however, when I try to use a GUI telnet client like Syncterm or Netrunner, it doesn't display correctly. And I get garbled screens.

    Thank you much,

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  • From joseph larsen@1:340/800 to mark lewis on Thu Nov 5 16:24:04 2015
    |01 ▄▄█▓▀▀▌▀▀▀ ░▀ ░|LF|01▓▀ quoting |09mark lewis |01on |0911/05/15

    arrow keys aren't ANSI sys stuffs... neither are F keys... they're terminal k s which should be modeled into the terminal program to pick up on...

    Ahh.

    yeah, wow... the telnet client doesn't do ANSI sys stuff, really... termcaps e a real dance with the wolves... the termcap you use locally or via telnet i not the same termcap as what syncterm and others use... but then again, maybe hat you are having trouble seeing is the >127 characters? the box drawing and rame characters?? if so, that's gonna take some different majik than just a t mcap... that because your terminal is probably running in UTF-8 and may or ma not be mapping those characters to their UTF-8 equivelents...

    So, there's no real "fix" then? Damn.

    Thanks,

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