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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

268.0. "cannot backspace.... sometimes" by GIDDAY::KOTWAL (Ain't no flies of us - Mate!) Wed Feb 22 1989 00:31

    Am using a Pmax with UWS 2.0
    
    I customised a UE window - to add another menu (hosts) which contains
    names of nodes I wish to dlogin (set host) to .
    
    e.g.      Hosts
    
    		ripper
    		redbck
    		bushie
    
    The command I execute for say "ripper" is:
    
    	exec dxterm -e dlogin ripper
    
    This works fine... and I can log into ripper::
    
    The problem is that the backspace key no longer registers.
    
    The problem does not seem to be at the vms end, but the ultrix one.
    
    stty everything < /dev/?? shows no odd results.
    
    I can do the same thing to say run /usr/ucb/mail in a new window..
    
    	exec dxterm -e /usr/ucb/mail
    
    Mail works fine, but doesn't recognise the backspace key.  When
    pressed, nothing happens.
    
    The odd thing is that if in a terminal window... when I do a 
    dxterm -e dlogin ripper, everything works fine.
    
    What is the UE application doing????
    
    Thanks,
    
    Rashid.
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268.1Put the following in your .X11StartupMIPSBX::thomasThe Code WarriorWed Feb 22 1989 01:1813
stty dec >/dev/console

When xterm or dxterm starts up it gets its characteristics from your jobs
controlling terminal (/dev/console).  Now you probably have some tset
(or whatever) lines in your .login which set up your tty attributes. 
These happen to get executed when dxterm is started by "Create
Terminal" from the session
manager pulldown.

The above line sets your /dev/console to behave like a normal DEC CRT
is terms of handling control characters.  These attributes will be
cloned by each of your dxterms when they start up