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08/08/96 - John L. Miller, johnmil@cs.cmu.edu, johnmil@jprc.com
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FILES INCLUDED:
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00readme.txt - this file
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VT100.H - Definitions for VT-100 emulator.
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VT100.C - Front end parsing code for VT-100 emulator
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CONSOLE.C - Back-end code to allow VT-100 in WinNt/Win95 console
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Many UNIX users take terminals for granted, as something you get for free
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with the operating system. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for many
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non-unix operating systems, especially PC-based ones. After a number of
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projects, I decided it would be nice if there was source publicly available
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for doing VT-100 emulation.
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The files included with this distribution are not a complete implementation
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of VT-100 terminal emulation, but do provide complete enough coverage to
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use many vt-100 functions over the network. For instance, its enough to
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use EMACS to edit, or to connect up to your favorite mud with ANSI color
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and graphics characters.
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The VT-100 emulator is broken into two parts. The first is the front end,
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vt100.c and vt100.h. These files were written to be fairly device-independant,
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though admittedly if you're running under a 16-bit operating system instead
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of a 32-bit, you might need to change some of the 'int' values to 'long.'
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Otherwise, it should work 'as-is'.
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The second part is a back-end. The back-end is responsible for doing the
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workhorse activities. The front-end parses a character stream, and decides
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whether to clear a part of the screen, or move the cursor, or switch fonts.
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Then it calls routines in the back-end to perform these activities.
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The back-end functions are, for the most part, very straight forward, and
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quite easy to implement compared to writing a vt-100 emulator from scratch.
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CONSOLE.C is a back-end for use in console (command, dos) windows under
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Windows 95 and Windows NT. This console vt-100 emulator is also being used
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in my TINTIN-III port and kerberized encrypted telnet port.
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TO USE THIS VT-100 EMULATOR:
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First, it's intended to be linked directly into source code. You'll need
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to change printf's and puts' in your source code to call vtprintf() and
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vtputs() instead. You can add additional functions to vt100.c as you see
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fit to handle other output functions like putchar() and write(). Another
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routine you may want to use is vtProcessedTextOut(), which accepts a
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buffer to output, and a count of characters in that buffer.
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Second, you need to make sure that your source code calls vtInitVT100()
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before it does ANYTHING else. This initializes the vt-100 emulator.
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Third, if you want to use this VT-100 emulator with anything besides
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Windows NT and Windows 95 consoles, you'll need to implement your own
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back end. The list of functions you will need to supply, as well as what
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they need to do is contained in vt100.h. The list (minus descriptions)
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is as follows:
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int beInitVT100Terminal();
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int beAbsoluteCursor(int row, int col);
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int beOffsetCursor(int row, int column);
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int beRestoreCursor(void);
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int beSaveCursor(void);
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int beSetTextAttributes(int fore, int back);
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int beRawTextOut(char *text, int len);
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int beEraseText(int rowFrom, int colFrom, int rowTo, int colTo);
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int beDeleteText(int rowFrom, int colFrom, int rowTo, int colTo);
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int beInsertRow(int row);
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int beTransmitText(char *text, int len);
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int beAdvanceToTab(void);
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int beClearTab(int col);
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int beSetScrollingRows(int fromRow, int toRow);
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int beRingBell(void);
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int beGetTermMode();
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int beSetTermMode(int newMode);
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For details on what each of these does, read the descriptions of each
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function included in vt100.h, and read over CONSOLE.C for examples. I've
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included copious comments in all of these files to try to make them as
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easy to use as possible.
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In any case, it should be easier than writing a VT-100 emulator from
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scratch.
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KNOWN BUGS -
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o Many features of VT-100 emulation aren't implemented. This includes
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support for graphics character set 0 and many of the
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answerback functions.
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Well, good luck!
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