[HECnet] Downloadble fonts into an VT220?

[Sampsa Laine]

I'll have to look into that Mac240 software, sounds cool.

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On 18 Sep 2013, at 08:14, Julian Wolfe <julian at twinax.org> wrote:

I just did a bunch of work messing with this.   It works on the Mac emulator called "Mac240" for 68K machines, which also emulates ReGIS graphics.   I would have no idea what VMS would 'support', but it's just a matter of dumping escape code sequences to the terminal.

I have been unsuccessful at getting a real 220 to respond to the escape codes that the Mac emulator seems to accept, according to the VT220 programmer's reference.

On Sep 18, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:

I came across this little gem when perusing VT220 escape code:

"4.4.2 Designating Soft (Down-Line-Loadable) Character Sets

You can define a soft character set (font) that may or may not replace one of the existing hard sets (ROM fonts). If you do replace a hard set, the replacement occurs for both the 80 and 132-column versions"

Does VMS support this? Or is it up to the terminal emulator?

Here's the link: http://vt100.net/docs/vt220-rm/chapter4.html
		
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