[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Dave Froble]

On 4/16/2024 8:19 PM, motk wrote:
> So, a really basic one here.
>
> What's the current best practice to match term types between vms and ssh
> clients? OpenVms doesn't see to understand a termtype of xterm, and I'm not sure
> if it recognises termtypes from an (inbound session) openssh config file.
>
> It would probably be good for VSI to spend a bit of time documenting this, maybe
> creating some client configs to try.
>

xterm is software, not a terminal type.

Terminal types include VT100, VT200, VT300, VT400, VT500, and Ok, VT52.

Good practice is:

SET TERMINAL /INQUIRE

Which will inquire what the terminal thinks it is.

VT400 is usually best ...

As always, HELP is your friend.

SET

   TERMINAL

     /DEVICE_TYPE

           /DEVICE_TYPE=terminal-type

        Informs the system of the terminal type and sets characteristics
        according to the device type specified. You can specify any of
        the following terminal types:


           UNKNOWN     LA100      PRO_SERIES      VT102      VT200
           FT1-FT8     LA120      VT05            VT105      VT300
           LA12        LA210      VT52            VT125      VT400
           LA34        LN01K      VT55            VT131      VT500
           LA36        LN03       VT100           VT132
           LA38        LQP02      VT101           VT173

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