Re: [Tlf-devel] Re: keyboard problem

[rein couperus PA0RCT]

Hello Fede,

I have done some experimenting with various X terminals. The only only I found 
to work (and the one I use all the time) is Konsole from KDE. In konsole you 
can set various schemes (system colours, linux colours VIM colours etc..) and 
also the keyboard layout (use linux keyboard). 

The problem with all other terminals I tried (I tried some 10 different ones) 
is that they are all based on Xterm, so they all have the same problems:
* The function keys work differently from linux console (F1 does not work at 
all and the others output different codes)
* The way ncurses A_BOLD is treated is different. Xterm increases the font, 
and highlights the background colour, where linux console highlights the 
foreground colour and leaves the background colour alone. Tlf uses this a lot 
to enhance readability.
* xterm does not allow init_colors() on a pc, so I have to use the colours as 
they come.

I have found a way around the second problem. Xterm has an option where you 
can switch off the highlighting. If you start the terminal with xterm +pc &, 
the display gets a lot better (but still ugly if you ask me). 

The keyboard problem is a different matter... I will tackle that at a later 
stage.

My conclusion is, that if you can use KDE konsole you've got the best solution 
(see the pictures in tlfdoc.html).

73,

Rein PA0RCT

On Thursday 08 May 2003 19:10,  "Federico J. Baldi" 
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2003 08:16:23 +0200
>
> rein couperus PA0RCT <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Yes, the problem is in xterm, not in tlf.
>
> Hi Rein,
>
> I send this mail direct to you because it has an attach and I suppose
> the "majordomo" will reject it.
>
> Before all, I am using TLF from version 0.4, and as an ex-trlog user,
> all I can say is fantastic job!!!.
>
> But the origin of this mail is to tell you that I can't watch TLF with
> the colors as in the Console, where it works perfect.
>
> I think it's not a term problem, I just test it with RXVT, and many other
> running on Red-Hat, Mandrake and now Debian, allways under GNOME+Sawfish.
>
> So I'm being using it on Console, with the serial keyer and now with
> cwdaemon 0.4, allways superb!!.
>
> The attach is a screenshot of how I watch it on X.
>
> Other programs running ncurses, for example midnight-commander,
> work OK.
>
> see you in the contests,
>
> fede.

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