Recently i used telemate to run the zork 1 door. The screenshot linked below shows mangled output. Note the line "West of House Serial number 880429"

gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/files/zork.png

I logged the output to a file. Below is an excerpt with control characters escaped.

Release 119 / Serial number 880429\0x0D\0x1B[19dWest of House\0x0D\0x1B[BYou The control sequence \0x1B[19d is an xterm control sequence to set the cursor position to line 19. The control sequence ending with lower case "d" is named "Line Position Absolute" in xterm.

Unfortunately, telemate seems to set the cursor backward. My theory is that it interprets the control sequence in a case-insensitive way. The control sequence ending with upper case "D" is named "Cursor Backward" in ANSI.SYS and "CUB - CURSOR LEFT" in ECMA-48.

I verified that my Default User Settings, Terminal Mode is "Auto CP437 / ANSI (iCE color) (mouse)"

Is this InfoCom door hard-coded to use xterm control sequences rather than the BBS user's terminal type?

On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 19:06:09 -0600
"Bencollver" <bencollver@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

Recently i used telemate to run the zork 1 door. The screenshot
linked below shows mangled output. Note the line "West of House
Serial number 880429"

gopher://tilde.pink/I/~bencollver/files/zork.png

I logged the output to a file. Below is an excerpt with control
characters escaped.

Release 119 / Serial number 880429\0x0D\0x1B[19dWest of
House\0x0D\0x1B[BYou The control sequence \0x1B[19d is an xterm
control sequence to set the cursor position to line 19. The control
sequence ending with lower case "d" is named "Line Position Absolute"
in xterm.

Unfortunately, telemate seems to set the cursor backward. My theory
is that it interprets the control sequence in a case-insensitive way.
The control sequence ending with upper case "D" is named "Cursor
Backward" in ANSI.SYS and "CUB - CURSOR LEFT" in ECMA-48.

I verified that my Default User Settings, Terminal Mode is "Auto
CP437 / ANSI (iCE color) (mouse)"

Is this InfoCom door hard-coded to use xterm control sequences rather
than the BBS user's terminal type?

It says the image cannot be displayed. Maybe try pasteboard.co

I had to do some messing around to get it to work properly. There was
an issue with some terminals representing the backspace differently
than others and this seemed to work. I'll revisit when I have chance to
see if I can find another fix.

Thanks for letting me know about the issue.

Thanks,
Nigel
--
End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:20:09 -0600
"Nelgin" <nelgin@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 19:06:09 -0600
"Bencollver" <bencollver@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

Recently i used telemate to run the zork 1 door. The screenshot
linked below shows mangled output. Note the line "West of House
Serial number 880429"

I've made a change and it seems to be working in Telemate v4.20 under
dosbox. You'll need to turn the status line off or increase the number
of lines I think for the header line to display properly. You'll have
to experiment.

Thanks,
Nigel
--
End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23

Re: Re: InfoCom door question
By: Nelgin to All on Thu Feb 16 2023 02:46:58

"Nelgin" <nelgin@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I've made a change and it seems to be working in Telemate v4.20 under dosbox. You'll need to turn the status line off or increase the number
of lines I think for the header line to display properly. You'll have
to experiment.

I verified that it is working now.

Thanks for the quick fix! :-)