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.TH VT 1
.SH NAME
vt \- emulate a VT-100 or VT-220 terminal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vt
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.B -2abcrx
]
[
.B -f
.I font
] [
.B -l
.I log
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Vt
replaces a
.I rio
window with a fresh instance of the shell,
.IR rc (1),
running within an emulation of a DEC VT-100 terminal.
To exit
.IR vt ,
exit the
.B rc
it starts.
.SS Options
.TF m
.TP
.B 2
.TP
.B a
.TP
.B x
change
.I vt
to emulate a VT-220, ANSI, or XTerm terminal respectively.
.TP
.B b
changes the color scheme to white text on a black background,
but potentially with colors from escape sequences.
.TP
.B c
changes the color scheme to monochrome (no colors).
.TP
.B f
sets the
.IR font .
.TP
.B l
names a
.I log
file for the session.
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.TP
.B r
start in raw mode.
.SS Menus
The right button has a menu with the following entries to provide
the sort of character processing expected by non-Plan 9 systems:
.TF cooked
.TP
.B 24x80
Resize the
.I vt
window to hold 24 rows of 80 columns.
.TP
.B crnl
Print a newline (linefeed) character after receiving a carriage return from the host.
.TP
.B cr
Do not print a newline after carriage return.
.TP
.B nlcr
Print a carriage return after receiving a newline from the host.
.TP
.B nl
Do not print a carriage return after newline.
.TP
.B raw
Enter raw (no echo, no interpretation) character mode for input.
.TP
.B cooked
Leave raw mode.
.TP
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.B blocksel
Toggle block selection for mode for rio snarf buffer.
.TP
.B exit
Exit
.IR vt .
.PD
.PP
The middle button has a menu with the following entries:
.TF right_key
.TP
.B backup
Move the display back one screenful.
.TP
.B forward
Move the display forward one screenful.
(These are a poor substitute for a scroll bar.)
.TP
.B reset
Display the last screenful; the same as going
.B forward
to the end.
.TP
.B clear
Clear the screen. Previous contents can be recovered using
.BR backup .
.TP
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.B paste
Pastes the contents of the
.B rio
snarf buffer, just as
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.B paste
in the
.B rio
menu.
.TP
.B scroll
Make new lines visible as they appear at the bottom.
.TP
.B page
When the page fills, pause and wait for a character to be typed before proceeding.
The down arrow key advances a page without sending the character to the host.
.PD
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/vt
.SH BUGS
This program is used only for communicating with foreign systems,
so it is not
as rich an emulation as its equivalent in other environments.
.PP
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Use care in setting raw and newline modes when connecting to Unix systems via
.IR con (1).
It may also be necessary to set the emulator into raw mode.