> On Dec 31, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Mark Pizzolato <m...@infocomm.com> wrote: > > On Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >> I've noticed that terminal handling on the SIMH console with RSTS/E was >> never quite right; it would not do "set terminal/inquire" and editing keys >> that >> produce escape sequences would be mangled. >> >> This turns out to be due to the "printable control characters" configuration >> setting. Its default value does not include ESC as a printable character, >> so it >> gets discarded rather than sent to the terminal window. >> >> To fix this, use the following SIMH command: >> >> set console pchar=01000023600 >> >> With that setting, escape sequences work properly on the console. >> Something similar probably applies to other operating systems and processor >> types, if they use escape sequences on the console terminal. The pchar >> value is octal on PDP11 and other machines that are conventionally octal; >> it's >> hex on VAX and other hex machines, so adjust the "set" command >> accordingly. > > Thanks for pointing this out. > > The PCHAR mask is actually only used when the terminal device (console) > is in 7B or UC mode. The PDP11 defaults to 7B mode. The VAX simulators > default to 8B mode.
Oh. That doesn't seem to be a documented interaction. > In the interest of fewer problems in the future for various folks, the > default PCHAR mask has now been changed to include ESC and ENQ in > addition to the previous BEL, BS, TAB, LF and CR. The output produced > by SHOW CONSOLE PCHAR has also been enriched to display the names > of the characters which are included in the mask. Nice. Thanks. paul _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh