[Info-vax] macOS Terminal app. Numeric keypad fails for EDT.

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2022-09-21 17:24, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 9/21/22 9:42 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 9/21/22 09:30, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just tried it with XQuartz 2.8.2.  VMS recognizes it as VT400_Series
>>> with "VMS Style Input," but backspace is mapped to control-H, not
>>> backspace 
>>
>> Ummm...  BACKSPACE is control-H.  At least as defined by ASCII.
>> The BACKSPACE key in most of the terminals I have used sends DELETE
>> but also most terminal programs I have used have the built in option
>> to map it either way.
> 
> Yes, it is a setting in the terminal or emulator, usually the default
> setting, but not on xterm, which purportedly needs no configuration.  I
> maintain that it does need configuration.

I was objecting to people using xmodmap or various scripts to make xterm 
send the correct sequences. xterm can do it all without anything that 
fancy. Either use xresources, or use the command line (or even the 
built-in menus) to get it right. If you call that configuration or not, 
I don't know.

My xresources file looks like this:

===
*.vt100.decTerminalID: 220
*.vt100.c132: true
*.vt100.saveLines: 1000
*.ptyInitialErase: true
*.backarrowKeyIsErase: true
*.backarrowKey: false
*.sunKeyboard: true
*.rightScrollBar: true

xterm.vt100.activeIcon: false
xterm.vt100.multiScroll: true

vms.utmpInhibit: true
vms.title: VMS terminal
vms.vt100.loginShell: false
vms.vt100.scrollBar: true
===

And then I start xterm with:

xterm +sf +sp -aw -ut -132 -ti vt220 -sb -sl 5000 -name vms $* &

Several of those switches are definitely just duplicating the resources 
anyway, so I'm just silly, but I haven't bothered really cleaning it up.

   Johnny