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

[Craig A. Berry]

On 9/22/22 3:21 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> 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.

OK, I call that a lot of configuration.  Thanks to your head start, I
may try it some time for geek points but it all looks like a lot of work
to get a terminal that looks pretty awful compared to iTerm2.