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From: Michael Spicyn <mspicyn@speakeasy.net>
Subject: Re: SCO ANSI Terminal Emulator for Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:15:29 -0500
References: <a2hr4c$mli5@eccws12.dearborn.ford.com> <3C4D4928.2010802@aplawrence.com> <a2k18r$11g7nf$1@ID-105888.news.dfncis.de> 

Bob Meyers wrote:

> "Tony Lawrence" <tony@aplawrence.com> wrote in message
> news:3C4D4928.2010802@aplawrence.com...
> 
>>Andrew Gertz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My company uses an application on a SCO server that we can only get full
>>>functionality when using SCO ANSI terminal emulation to connect to via
>>>terminal sessions. When we connected via a normal telnet session, the
>>>application becomes hard to navigate.
>>>
>>>
>>Well, yes, no, and maybe.
>>
>>
> 
> Have you looked at Century Software's Term program? They have a linux
> version. The SCO version was able to emulate a list of term types, including
> SCOansi. You can download an eval and try it. I would love to use Linux for
> workstations. But applications are always the hang-up. Wouldn't that be cool
> to dump Microsoft products completely.
> 
> http://te.censoft.com/index.php
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

For OpenServer 5.x:
1. terminfo use this:

-=-=-=-=
#    Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/terminfo/l/linux
#   Corrected by MS to define colors and Plain, Shifted, Cotrlled
#    and Shifted-Contrlled keys
linux|linux console,
      am, bce, eo,  xon,
      colors#8, pairs#64, cols#80, lines#25, it#8,
 
acsc=+\020\,\021-\030.^Y0\333`\004a\261f\370g\361h\260i\316j\331k\277l\332
      blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, invis=\E[8m, rev=\E[7m, civis=\E[?25l,
      clear=\E[H\E[J, cnorm=\E[?25h, cr=^M, bel=^G,
     cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH,
     cub1=^H, cud1=^J, cuf1=\E[C, cuu1=\E[A,
     home=\E[H, ht=^I, ind=^J, ri=\EM,
     dch1=\E[P, dl1=\E[M, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K,
     ich1=\E[@, il1=\E[L,
     kbs=\177, kich1=\E[2~,
     kcub1=\E[D, kcud1=\E[B, kcuf1=\E[C, kcuu1=\E[A,
# Plain
     kf1=\E[[A, kf2=\E[[B, kf3=\E[[C, kf4=\E[[D, kf5=\E[[E,
     kf6=\E[17~, kf7=\E[18~, kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, kf10=\E[21~,
     kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~,
# Sfift
      kf13=\E[25~, kf14=\E[26~, kf15=\E[28~, kf16=\E[29~, kf17=\E[31~,
     kf18=\E[32~, kf19=\E[33~, kf20=\E[34~, kf21=\E[[F, kf22=\E[[G,
     kf23=\E[[H, kf24=\E[[I,
# Control
     kf25=\E[[J, kf26=\E[[K, kf27=\E[[L, kf28=\E[[M, kf29=\E[[N,
     kf30=\E[[O, kf31=\E[[P, kf32=\E[[Q, kf33=\E[[R, kf34=\E[[S,
     kf35=\E[[T, kf36=\E[[V,

     knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~, kspd=^Z,
     khome=\E[1~, kend=\E[4~,
    setb=\E[4%p1%dm, setf=\E[3%p1%dm,
     kLFT=\E[d, kRIT=\E[c,
     kdch1=^?, dch=\E[%p1%dP, mir, msgr, xenl,
#    ncv#2,
     csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, dim=\E[2m, dl=\E[%p1%dM, ech=\E[%p1%dX,
     el1=\E[1K, flash=\E[?5h\E[?5l$<200/>, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
      hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, kb2=\E[G, kcbt=\E[Z, 
kdch1=\E[3~,
     smacs=\E[11m, rmacs=\E[10m, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, smso=\E[7m, 
smul=\E[4
#    op=\E[39;49m,
     sgr0=\E[0;10m,
      nel=^M^J, rc=\E8, rmir=\E[4l, rmpch=\E[10m, rs1=\Ec\E]R, sc=\E7,
# set video attributes
# 
sgr=\E[0;10%?%p1%t;7%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p3%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p7%t;8
# 
sgr=\E[0;10%?%p1%t;7%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p3%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p5%t;2%;%?%p6%t;
      smir=\E[4h, smpch=\E[11m,
      tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR,
      u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?6c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

-=-=-==-=-=
2. termcaps

-=-=-=-=-=-
linux|linux-lat|linux console:\
      :am:eo:mi:ms:ut:xn:xo:\
      :co#80:it#8:li#25:\
      :&7=^Z:@7=\E[4~:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:\
      :F1=\E[23~:F2=\E[24~:F3=\E[25~:F4=\E[26~:F5=\E[28~:\
      :F6=\E[29~:F7=\E[31~:F8=\E[32~:F9=\E[33~:FA=\E[34~:\
      :IC=\E[%d@:K2=\E[G:al=\E[L:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:\
      :ch=\E[%i%dG:cl=\E[H\E[J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:\
      :cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:cv=\E[%i%dd:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:\
      :do=^J:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:k1=\E[[A:\
      :k2=\E[[B:k3=\E[[C:k4=\E[[D:k5=\E[[E:k6=\E[17~:\
      :k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:k;=\E[21~:kB=\E[Z:\
      :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=^H:kd=\E[B:\
      :kh=\E[1~:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ku=\E[A:le=^H:mr=\E[7m:\
      :nd=\E[C:nw=^M^J:r1=\Ec:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:sf=^J:sr=\EM:\
      :st=\EH:ta=^I:u6=\E[%i%d;%dR:u7=\E[6n:u8=\E[?6c:\
      :u9=\E[c:up=\E[A:vb=200\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:\
      :vi=\E[?25l:tc=klone+sgr:tc=klone+color:tc=klone+acs:
      :vi=\E[?25l:tc=klone+sgr:tc=klone+color:tc=klone+acs:
linux-m|Linux console no color:\
      :Co@:pa@:\
      :AB@:AF@:Sb@:Sf@:tc=linux:

# See the note on ICH/ICH1 VERSUS RMIR/SMIR near the end of file
linux-nic|linux with ich/ich1 suppressed for non-curses programs:\
      :IC@:ei=:ic@:im=:tc=linux:
-=-=-=-=-=

For Unixware 7.x
1. terminfo

-=-=-=
    Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/terminfo/l/linux
#   Corrected by MS to define colors and Plain, Shifted, Cotrlled
#    and Shifted-Contrlled keys
linux|linux console,
     am, bce, eo,  xon,
     colors#8, pairs#64, cols#80, lines#25, it#8,
 
acsc=+\020\,\021-\030.^Y0\333`\004a\261f\370g\361h\260i\316j\331k\277l\332m
     blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, invis=\E[8m, rev=\E[7m, civis=\E[?25l,
     clear=\E[H\E[J, cnorm=\E[?25h, cr=^M, bel=^G,
     cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH,
     cub1=^H, cud1=^J, cuf1=\E[C, cuu1=\E[A,
     home=\E[H, ht=^I, ind=^J, ri=\EM,
     dch1=\E[P, dl1=\E[M, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K,
     ich1=\E[@, il1=\E[L,
     kbs=\177, kich1=\E[2~,
     kcub1=\E[D, kcud1=\E[B, kcuf1=\E[C, kcuu1=\E[A,
# Plain
     kf1=\E[[A, kf2=\E[[B, kf3=\E[[C, kf4=\E[[D, kf5=\E[[E,
     kf6=\E[17~, kf7=\E[18~, kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, kf10=\E[21~,
     kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~,
# Sfift
     kf13=\E[25~, kf14=\E[26~, kf15=\E[28~, kf16=\E[29~, kf17=\E[31~,
     kf18=\E[32~, kf19=\E[33~, kf20=\E[34~, kf21=\E[[F, kf22=\E[[G,
# Control
     kf25=\E[[J, kf26=\E[[K, kf27=\E[[L, kf28=\E[[M, kf29=\E[[N,
     kf30=\E[[O, kf31=\E[[P, kf32=\E[[Q, kf33=\E[[R, kf34=\E[[S,
     kf35=\E[[T, kf36=\E[[V,

     knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~, kspd=^Z,
     khome=\E[1~, kend=\E[4~,
    setb=\E[4%p1%dm, setf=\E[3%p1%dm,
# Next 2 line can work instead of previos line - result are interesting
# 
setb=\E[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,
# 
setf=\E[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,
#   setab=\E[4%p1%dm,
#   setaf=\E[3%p1%dm,
     kLFT=\E[d, kRIT=\E[c,
     kdch1=^?, dch=\E[%p1%dP, mir, msgr, xenl,
#    ncv#2,
     csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, dim=\E[2m, dl=\E[%p1%dM, ech=\E[%p1%dX,
     el1=\E[1K, flash=\E[?5h\E[?5l$<200/>, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
     hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, kb2=\E[G, kcbt=\E[Z, kdch1=\E[3~,
     smacs=\E[11m, rmacs=\E[10m, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, smso=\E[7m, 
smul=\E[4
#    op=\E[39;49m,
     sgr0=\E[0;10m,
     nel=^M^J, rc=\E8, rmir=\E[4l, rmpch=\E[10m, rs1=\Ec\E]R, sc=\E7,
# set video attributes
# 
sgr=\E[0;10%?%p1%t;7%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p3%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p7%t;8
# 
sgr=\E[0;10%?%p1%t;7%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p3%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p5%t;2%;%?%p6%t;1
     smir=\E[4h, smpch=\E[11m,
     tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR,
     u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?6c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
-=-==-=-=
2. termcap

########################
#### MS Start
####
####
#### Linux consoles
# This is better than klone+color, it doesn't assume white-on-black as the
# default color pair,  but many `ANSI' terminals don't grok the <op> cap.
ecma+color|color control for ECMA-48-compatible terminals:\
     :Co#8:NC#3:pa#64:\
# ZA -> next 3 lines are actually a single line
     :ZA=\E[%?%p1%{0}%=%t0m\E[37%e%p1%{1}%=%t33%e%p1%{2}%=%t35%e%p1%{3}%=
%t31%e%p1%{4}%=%t36%e%p1%{5}%=%t32%e%p1%{6}%=%t34%e%p1%{7}%=%t30%;
m\E[40m%?%p2%t\E[7m%;%?%p3%t\E[5m%;%?%p4%t\E[4m%;:\
     :AB=\E[4%p1%dm:AF=\E[3%p1%dm:op=\E[39;49m:
# This entry is good for the 1.2.13 or later version of the Linux console.
#
# 
***************************************************************************
#
lx|linux|linux console:\
      :am:eo:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
      :it#8:\
      :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:IC=\E[%d@:K2=\E[G:al=\E[L:\
      :bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:\
      :cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:\
      :ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
      :k0=\E[[A:k1=\E[[B:k2=\E[[C:k3=\E[[D:k4=\E[[E:k5=\E[17~:\
      :k6=\E[18~:k7=\E[19~:k8=\E[20~:k9=\E[21~:kA=\E[23~:kB=\E[24~:\
      :kC=\E[25~:\
      :gs=^N:ge=^O:gb=lmkjqx:\
      :kD=E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:\
      :kd=\E[B:kh=\E[1~:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ku=\E[A:le=^H:mh=\E[2m:\
      :mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:nw=^M^J:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:so=\E[7m:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:\
      :sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:\
      :vb=200\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
      :tc=klone+sgr:tc=ecma+color:
# Highlight controls corresponding to the ANSI.SYS standard.  Most
# console drivers for Intel boxes obey these.  Makes the same assumption
# about \E[11m as klone+acs.  True ANSI/ECMA-48 would have :se=\E[27m:,
# :ue=\E[24m:, but this isn't a documented feature of ANSI.SYS.
klone+sgr|attribute control for ansi.sys displays:\
     :S2=\E[11m:S3=\E[10m:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[0;10m:\
     :mk=\E[8m:mr=\E[7m:\
     :se=\E[m:so=\E[7m:ue=\E[m:us=\E[4m:\
     :tc=klone+acs:

# The IBM PC alternate character set.  Plug this into any Intel console 
entry.
# We use \E[11m for rmacs rather than \E[12m so the <acsc> string can 
use the
# ROM graphics for control characters such as the diamond, up- and 
down-arrow.
# This works with the System V, Linux, and BSDI consoles.  It's a safe 
bet this
# will work with any Intel console, they all seem to have inherited \E[11m
# from the ANSI.SYS de-facto standard.
klone+acs|alternate character set for ansi.sys displays:\
# fold next 3 lines into one line
:ac=+\020\054\021-\030.^Y0\333`\004a\261f\370g\361h\260j\331k\277l\332m
\300n\305o~p\304q\304r\304s_t\303u\264v\301w\302x\263y\363z\362{\343|\330}
\234~\376:\
     :ae=\E[10m:as=\E[11m:

-=-=-=

These definitions work from RedHat and Debian. Did not try other Linuxes
Above definitions were prepared using cut and paste. If you would like 
to get it in files drop me a note.

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