[Info-vax] 2 questions, 1st regarding setting up keyboard 2nd. dcl programming

[acid.friend at yahoo.de]

of course i've tried googling for smop, but it won't help me solve
this problem. SORRY!
please do not do any prejudices, because you are definately not right!
i'm not a student nor i'm doing any homework.
i'm a private person with hobbyist licence and i always wanted to know
how to realize that.
first time i've seen something like that was on an AS/400, so i want
to try to bring some AS/400
look on my vax. later i would try to port this menu to another OS's.
that's all.

no harm meant!

kind reagards,
Acid F


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> acid.friend at yahoo.de wrote:
> <TOP POSTING SEMI-CORRECTED!!  Damned if I'll sort out the whole thing!!
> > Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> >> acid.friend at yahoo.de wrote:
> >>> hi everybody out there,
> >>> i have a microvax 3100-95 and it gives me a lot of pleasure.
> >>> unfortunately, when i access my vax remote (gnome-terminal->jerm->COM1-
> >>>> OPA0:), the keyboard does not work as it should, so i'm having
> >>> massive issues when i need to edit files and when i don't want to use
> >>> my vt220.
> >>> i use a german keyboard. see below what happens when i hit backspace.
> >>> but when i login it seems to work on dcl, but when i use edi/tpu i
> >>> think something
> >>> is misconfigured.
> >>>
> >>> besides i have a problem when i use long commands and when i need to
> >>> correct some options which i've typed before.
> >>> when i go to that position and start writing, the next characters get
> >>> overwritten.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> %SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit = 64, current interactive value
> >>> = 0
> >>>   SYSTEM       job terminated at  6-JAN-2009 01:05:08.66
> >>>
> >>>   Accounting information:
> >>>   Buffered I/O count:            1828         Peak working set
> >>> size:     693
> >>>   Direct I/O count:               890         Peak page file
> >>> size:      6504
> >>>   Page faults:                  60566         Mounted
> >>> volumes:             0
> >>>   Charged CPU time:           0 00:00:09.65   Elapsed time:     0
> >>> 00:00:39.99
> >>>
> >>>         Welcome to OpenVMS (TM) VAX Operating System, Version V7.1
> >>>
> >>> Username: ssytem\met\
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2. i would like to write a dcl driven menu that should work like this:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  INPUT1: __________
> >>>  INPUT2: __________
> >>>
> >>> $ typ samplemenu.com
> >>> $ typ/pag nl:
> >>> $ write sys$output ""
> >>> $ write sys$output ""
> >>> $ write sys$output " INPUT1: __________"
> >>> $ write sys$output " INPUT2: __________"
> >>> $ write sys$output ""
> >>> $ exit
> >>> $
> >>>
> >>> BUT of course the cursor has to be positioned in the INPUT1 field.
> >>> when i write something, the underlines should remain there. how do i
> >>> do that? is this easy?
> >>> hope you know what i mean :)
> >> You can position the cursor using the escape codes on a VT100 compatible
> >> terminal.  You can use read with no echo and do your own echoing; just a
> >> SMOP.  You can add the underline as you echo, once again using the
> >> escape codes on your VT100....  Just a SMOP.
> >>
> >> I don't remember what the codes are and I'm not going to try to find my
> >> VT100 manual to look them up for you.  Try google!
> >>
> >> FWIW, I think it's probably more trouble than it's worth!
> >>
> >> Be grateful that the VT100 and its escape codes are a de facto standard.
> >> Actually, I think most of them are now an ANSI standard!
>
>  > it sounds nice and seems to be the solution, but i really cannot start
>  > anything with that :(
>  > i don't expect from you to search it for me in the web, but without
>  > knowing the name of the escape sequence i need it has no sense.
>  > how do i read with no echo and how do i do my own echoing?
>  > SMOP?? is it perl?
>  > i've thought i will receive some sample code...
>  >
>  > anyway, thank you for your help.
>  >
>
> Did you even TRY google??  I'm not going to do your thinking for you,
> nor are you likely to find anyone else who will!
>
> You could google for "SMOP" as well.
>
> If you want code I can write it for you if you can afford to pay me.  It
> looks to me as if it might take an hour or two.  I'll do it for $70
> US/hour, one hour minimum.
>
> Are you, by any chance, a student?   Looking for someone to do your
> homework?  Who is your instructor?