Re: ISO VT320 emulator with key-bindings for Oracle Forms

From: Richard S. Shuford <shuford_at_REMOVE-EXTRA.cac.stratus.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 14:11:04 -0400
Message-ID: <Pine.4.10.9906021328390.23457-100000@maynard.stratus.com>

"Frampton Steve R" wrote:

> I'm in need of a VT320 emulator with key-bindings for Oracle
> SQL*Forms; it needs to either run under Linux/Unix or [in dosemu].
> Years ago I used something which I believe was called "setterm"
> or "sethost" (the name escapes)... a DOS-based application from
> Digital which I believe would fit the bill quite nicely....

The MS-DOS "sethost" application you recall was part of the DECnet-DOS product. I used it casually in 1991, but I believe it was a pretty basic VT100 emulator.

You might profit from asking in Oracle-centric forums for favorite methods of using "xmodmap" to adjust the keyboard settings for "xterm". The Xfree86 version of xterm is available here:

http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm/xterm.html

Keep in mind that character-cell terminals communicate their keystrokes by means of Escape sequences, as opposed to scan codes. You must set up your keyboard so that, when you press a key, it sends the proper Escape sequence to tell Oracle what action to perform.

Some terminal-related information is archived at

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html

(There is even a mention there of the Queens University Kermit program! :-)

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