Re: [MiNT] libs...

[Steven Moore <smooreg@essex.ac.uk>]

atari@bright.net wrote earlier:

>> Only earlier beta of 2.4 worked "ok" but this one always shows extra
>> bells (characters) in vt100.
> That is the exact same problem I have here,  I tried several things
> to solve it, I think even you sent me your termcap file whilst
> on IRC. 

The Toswin 2.4 final does something which previous versions didn't, and
which might be a very bad idea; it calls itself a vt100. This is
strange, because I didn't know I had a real DEC VT-100 dumb terminal (or
a *perfect* emulation, complete with bugs, padding requirements and the
"musical keyclick" <g>) on my desk. ;)

The linefeed sequence is different for tw100...? Change the term
identifier back to tw100 and the bells will go away.

Calling a terminal something it isn't, just to try to get barebones
compatibility with UN*X systems with uncooperative sysadmins, is a messy
kludge that really shouldn't be an unchangeable default in a release
application.

Maybe it would be better to have it as a selectable preference? (That
way, if you need the kludge, you can turn it on, but keep it off for
local applications.)

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