I wrote:
> Michael Turner wrote:
> <snip>
> > I can't rationalize the whole DEC VT ASCII terminal emulation,
> > esp. with memory so short.
> <snip>
>
> You don't need that for administrative accounts - if you are an
> administrator then you can add a new terminal definition, so the
> client can implement some minimal set of commands.
I'm not sure I explained that very well. Most Unix programs that
manipulate terminal displays in interesting ways refer to a database
(termcap or terminfo) that holds the details of the control sequences
that various video terminals and terminal emulators support. There
are libraries that make this quite easy for the programmers. A
terminal emulator that was intended for use by administrators (and
who else would feel the need to get a remote shell from their
keitai?) could be quite basic, because a system administrator would
be able to add a new entry to the database for it, avoiding the need
to implement any existing set of controls like VT-100. (Most PC
terminal emulators don't manage to do that correctly, anyway.)
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Received on Mon Jun 25 22:13:23 2001