Jerome H. Fine wrote:
Hi All,
I seem to remember that when I used a VT320 under VMS
and EVE/TPU (or at least one of the DEC editors), there was
status information on line 25 for the user. I think the file name
under edit was displayed and perhaps even the line number and
column number, although I really am doubtful about the latter.
BUT I do seem to remember the file name being available on
line 25. Am I correct? Please help! The VT220 was not able
to support line 25 as far as I know, and certainly the VT100
was not able. What about the VT410 and VT520 terminals?
Check the "set-up" on the terminal, in the "Display" section.
(At least on the 420, and I believe the 320 also had it)
There should be a item that can be toggled between:
No Status Display, Host Writable Status Display, and
Indicator Status Display.
Host Writable Status Display allows the computer to write
on that line, with the correct escape sequence.
(iirc, you could move the cursor to that line via normal
cursor positioning escape sequence, but you couldn't
scroll to it)