[HECnet] Downloadble fonts into an VT220?
Julian Wolfe
julian at twinax.org
Wed Sep 18 07:14:43 PDT 2013
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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