On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Thomas Dickey wrote:
Mark McIntyre <ma**********@s pamcop.netwrote :
>On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:40:44 +0100, in comp.lang.c , Tak-Shing Chan
<t.****@gold.a c.ukwrote:
>(stuff to some guy called Dickey).
hmm - this seems to be your usual level, so I won't follow your lead.
>Chan, given that my kill filters automatically picked this guy up, I
suspect "Dickey" is a sock puppet for an existing troll. I suggest you
killfile him.
not at all.
Unlike present company, I happen to know what I'm talking about.
Really? Do you know anything about these 120 terminals?
According to my termcap (yes, appealing to authority again), they
all respond to form feeds by clearing the screen:
glasstty|classi c glass tty interpreting ASCII control characters:\
pmcons|pmconsol e|PMAX console:\
ibmpcx|xenix|ib mx|IBM PC xenix console display:\
ofcons:\
rcons|BSD rasterconsole:\
rcons-color|BSD rasterconsole with ANSI color:\
bsdos-sparc|Sun SPARC BSD/OS Console:\
mterm|mouse-sun|Der Mouse term:\
mgr|Bellcore MGR (non X) window system terminal emulation:\
mgr-sun|Mgr window with Sun keyboard:\
mgr-linux|Mgr window with Linux keyboard:\
oldsun|Sun Microsystems Workstation console:\
sun-il|Sun Microsystems console with working insert-line:\
sun-cgsix|sun-ss5|Sun SparcStation 5 console:\
sun|sun1|sun2|S un Microsystems Inc. workstation console:\
sun-s|Sun Microsystems Workstation window with status line:\
sun-e-s|sun-s-e|Sun Microsystems Workstation with status hacked for emacs:\
sun-48|Sun 48-line window:\
sun-34|Sun 34-line window:\
sun-24|Sun 24-line window:\
sun-17|Sun 17-line window:\
sun-12|Sun 12-line window:\
sun-1|Sun 1-line window for sysline:\
sun-e|sun-nic|sune|Sun Microsystems Workstation without insert character:\
sun-c|sun-cmd|Sun Microsystems Workstation console with scrollable history:\
sun-type4|Sun Workstation console with type 4 keyboard:\
psterm|psterm-basic|NeWS psterm-80x34:\
psterm-96x48|NeWS psterm 96x48:\
psterm-90x28|NeWS psterm 90x28:\
psterm-80x24|NeWS psterm 80x24:\
psterm-fast|NeWS psterm fast version (flaky ctrl chars):\
next|NeXT console:\
wyse-vp|Wyse 50 in ADDS Viewpoint emulation mode with "enhance" on:\
rbcomm|IBM PC with RBcomm and EMACS keybindings:\
rbcomm-nam|IBM PC with RBcomm without autowrap:\
rbcomm-w|IBM PC with RBcomm in 132 column mode:\
att5620-s|tty5620-s|layer|vitty|5 620 S layer:\
aas1901|Ann Arbor K4080 w/S1901 mod:\
regent|Adds Regent Series:\
regent100|Adds Regent 100:\
regent20|Adds Regent 20:\
regent25|Adds Regent 25:\
regent40|Adds Regent 40:\
regent40+|Adds Regent 40+:\
regent60|regent 200|Adds Regent 60:\
viewpoint|addsv iewpoint|adds viewpoint:\
screwpoint|adds viewpoint with ^O bug:\
vp60|viewpoint6 0|addsvp60|adds viewpoint60:\
cdc721|CDC Viking:\
cdc721ll|CDC Vikingll:\
cdc721-esc|Control Data 721:\
dg-generic|Generic Data General terminal in DG mode:\
dg200|data general dasher 200:\
dg211|Data General d211:\
dg450|dg6134|da ta general 6134:\
dg6053-old|dg100|data general 6053:\
dg6053|6053|605 3-dg|dg605x|605x| 605x-dg|d2|d2-dg|Data General DASHER 6053:\
d200|d200-dg|Data General DASHER D200:\
d210-dg|d214-dg|Data General DASHER D210 series in DG mode:\
d211-dg|d215-dg|Data General DASHER D211 series in DG mode:\
d216-dg|d216e-dg|d216+dg|d216 e+dg|d217-dg|Data General DASHER D216 series in DG mode:\
d220-dg|Data General DASHER D220 color terminal in DG mode:\
d230c-dg|d230-dg|Data General DASHER D230C in DG mode:\
d400|d400-dg|d450|d450-dg|Data General DASHER D400/D450 series:\
d410-dg|d460-dg|d411-dg|d461-dg|Data General DASHER D410/D460 series in DG mode:\
d412-dg|d462-dg|d462e-dg|d412+dg|d462 +dg|d413-dg|d463-dg|Data General DASHER D412/D462 series in DG mode:\
d430c-dg|d430-dg|Data General D430C in DG mode:\
d430c-dg-ccc|d430-dg-ccc|Data General D430C in DG mode with configurable colors:\
d470c-dg|d470-dg|Data General DASHER D470C in DG mode:\
d555-dg|Data General DASHER D555 series in DG mode:\
d577-dg|d578-dg|Data General DASHER D577/D578 series in DG mode:\
dm1520|dm1521|d atamedia 1520:\
dt80-sas|Datamedia DT803/DTX for SAS usage:\
hz1000|hazeltin e 1000:\
ibm-apl|apl|IBM apl terminal simulator:\
i100|gt100|gt10 0a|General Terminal 100A (formerly Infoton 100):\
addrinfo:\
infoton:\
prism9|p9|P9|MD C Prism-9 in ANSII mode:\
prism9-w|p9-w|P9-W|MDC Prism-9 in 132 column mode:\
prism12|p12|P12 |MDC Prism-12 in ANSI mode:\
prism12-w|p12-w|P12-W|MDC Prism-12 in 132 column mode:\
prism14|p14|P14 |MDC Prism-14 in ANSII mode:\
prism14-w|p14-w|P14-W|MDC Prism-14 in 132 column mode:\
p8gl|prism8gl|M cDonnell-Douglas Prism-8 alternate definition:\
mime314|mm314|m ime 314:\
ncr7900i|ncr790 0|ncr 7900 model 1:\
ncr7900iv|ncr 7900 model 4:\
ncr7901|ncr 7901 model:\
uts30|sperry uts30 with cp/m@1R1:\
vc415|volker-craig 415:\
ibm-pc|ibm5051|5051 |IBM Personal Computer (no ANSI.SYS):\
appleIIgs|apple IIe|appleIIc|Ap ple 80 column firmware interface:\
apple-ae|ASCII Express:\
appleII|apple ii plus:\
apple-uterm-vb|Videx Ultraterm for Apple micros with Visible Bell:\
apple-uterm|Ultraterm for Apple micros:\
lisa|apple lisa console display (black on white):\
liswb|apple lisa console display (white on black):\
mac|macintosh|M acintosh with MacTerminal:\
mac-w|macterminal-w|Apple Macintosh with Macterminal in 132 column mode:\
trs2|trsII|trs8 0II|Radio Shack Model II using P&T CP/M:\
trs16|trs-80 model 16 console:\
minitel1|minite l 1:\
minitel1b|minit el 1-bistandard (in 40cols mode):\
blit|jerq|blit running teletype rom:\
cbblit|fixterm| blit running columbus code:\
oblit|ojerq|fir st version of blit rom:\
cg7900|chromati cs|chromatics 7900:\
intertube|inter tec|Intertec InterTube:\
intertube2|inte rtec data systems intertube 2:\
rca|rca vp3301/vp3501:\
swtp|ct82|south west technical products ct82:\
t3700|dumb teleray 3700:\
t3800|teleray 3800 series:\
apollo|apollo console:\
aws|Convergent Technologies AWS workstation under UTX and Xenix:\
awsc|Convergent Technologies AWS workstation under CTOS:\
aj510|Anderson-Jacobson model 510:\
d132|datagraphi x|datagraphix 132a:\
teletec|Teletec Datascreen:\
Tak-Shing