Xterminal

[Ingvaldur.Sigurjonsson@ementor.se]

Hi all,

Enclosed you find a 'decxterm.sh'-shell script that launches an ordinary xterm but with the keyboard remapped to suit OpenVMS LK* keyboard mappings. 

I was previously using DECTerm but after the latest upgrade of XFree86 Server for Cygwin (-> 4.3x) the keyboard didn't function as it used to be. I couldn't get any key's that needed the 'AltGr' in a combination (like '@','$','{','[',']','}'). I'm using Swedish keyboard layout. The same symptom appears when I'm using GVIM from OpenVMS, haven't tried Emacs yet (maybe in next life...).

I also recommend that you copy the DECW-fonts (the 75dpi and/or 100dpi) from OpenVMS to your XFree86/Cygwin fontdirectory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts...
I found them here: SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW]. 

You add the DECW fonts to your fontpath with a script like:

#!/bin/sh
echo "Adding DECW Fonts (75dpi)"
xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/decw/75dpi

I've been using the XFree86/Cygwin daily since April against OpenVMS systems and Unixes, and I must say that I'm very impressed by it, previously I did use Reflection X (and Xcursion), but XFree86/Cygwin is a very good alternative/replacement for those products. 

Regards
- Ingvaldur

> Gillian,
> Yes, it can work with VMS.  I used to work at the NSCL (National 
> Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory) and they used VMS and I was able 
> to get it to work, as were others that posted some information on the 
> Internet.  However, I do not recall what the correct steps were to take, 
> nor do I recall who had posted information on how to do this.  My best 
> suggestion is for you to search Google.
> Good luck,
> Harold
> Gillian Dell wrote:
>> Hello.
>> I've installed the cygwin/xfree86 package on my PC.
>> My question is, can it worked with a remote VMS
>> machine (running DECWindows motif)?.
>> If so I do I configure it to run?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Gillian

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