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Re: misc/10127 (port i386 /etc/ttys says vt220 instead of wsvt25)



"Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc." <woods%planix.ca@localhost> writes:
>  BTW, if you look at the differences between the default vt220  
>  definition (which is itself somewhat bastardized because it's not  
>  exactly representing a DEC VT220 terminal) and the full wsvt25  
>  definition I think you'll find many very important differences.   
>  Perhaps simple applications like "vi" won't show any issues, but  
>  others definitely will.

I believe is right on this. I remember having problems because the two
aren't entirely compatible. That might argue for making wsvt25 more
like a vt220 though.

Perry


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