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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

1615.0. "DECterm Graphics ?" by SMAUG::MENDEL (What've we done to our fair sister?) Fri Oct 20 1989 13:54

    This is not a serious issue, just a curiousity question.

    I had a lot of fun, being on the SMAUG cluster, getting my DCL
    prompt to look like a dragon. Of course I used pixels. It works
    on my VT220 and on my VT320.

    Now, with my new workstation, a wonder of graphics capability, 
    I'm stuck with a wimpy prompt like "TIAMAT:". It isn't fair.

    Is there a way to get my dragon prompt back? Or, rather, is there
    a way of doing sixel, regis, or other graphics, on my DECwindows
    DECterm?

    Kevin
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1615.1QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centMon Oct 23 1989 00:365
    ReGIS you have, but what you want is DRCS (I think), or a "soft"
    character set, which DECterm doesn't provide. 
    
    			Steve
1615.2NWD002::EVANS_BRTue Oct 24 1989 15:572
    I use sixels, but its alot of characters!!!!
1615.3DECterm does support sixelsHANNAH::MESSENGERBob MessengerTue Oct 24 1989 20:377
Re: .2

If the prompt is in sixels, then what's the problem?  (Granted, there are
some nasty bugs in DECterm V1's sixel implementation).

				-- Bob
1615.4Anybody thinking about DRCS?RIPPLE::FARLEE_KEInsufficient Virtual...um...er...Wed Oct 25 1989 14:136
Is there any plan to implement DRCS in the future, or is it
too far from being compatible with the DECterm fonts to 
be of any hope?

Kevin
1615.5SMAUG::MENDELWhat've we done to our fair sister?Thu Oct 26 1989 13:429
    Yes, I now understand that DECterm supports sixels, but it is 
    Down-line-loaded DRCS characters that I use as the means, which
    isn't supported. The old <DCS> ... { ... <ST> escape sequences.

    And I have such a nice dragon prompt, too.

    Kevin
1615.6Pseudo DRCS in V2. Real DRCS in V?.HANNAH::MESSENGERBob MessengerThu Oct 26 1989 16:5714
Re: .5, .6

DRCS is a "long standing wish list item", but there are no specific plans
to implement it in a future version.  It's definitely something I'd like to
do if I had the time.

If you're really keen you could (in DECterm V2) create a BDF file with the
characters you want to define (using a character encoding of "DRCS"), compile
it with the DECwindows font compiler, copy it to the appropriate font
directory on the server, and then load it with a Select Character Set
escape sequence ending in SP @ (space, at-sign).

				-- Bob