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   2 <title>The VTTEST VT100/102 Terminal Emulation Test</title>
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   4 <h3>The VTTEST VT100/102 Terminal Emulation Test</h3>
   5
   6 The VTTEST program was written in 1983-85 by Per Lindberg of Stockholm
   7 University in Sweden to exercise and test all the features of a Digital
   8 Equipment Corporation (DEC) VT100 or VT102 terminal or software that emulates
   9 one of these terminals.  Incidentally, the primary additional feature of the
  10 VT102 terminal over the VT100 is character insertion and deletion, important in
  11 text-editing applications (like vi or EMACS), especially on slow connections.
  12 <p>
  13 You may obtain the C-language source code for the VTTEST program by ftp,
  14 compile it on your UNIX system (or adapt it to others), and run the tests
  15 yourself:
  16 <p>
  17 <a href="ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/vttest/">
  18 ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/vttest/</a>
  19 <p>
  20 The VTTEST program does not test any features of the VT220 or above,
  21 nor of esoteric VT models like VT125, VT131, etc.  A VT220/320 test suite
  22 similar to VTTEST would be most welcome, but none seems to exist.
  23 <p>
  24 The following sheet may be used to administer the test.  There are 100
  25 points, plus 10 possible extra-credit points, so the highest possible
  26 score would be 110.  To minimize confusion and promote fairness, begin with
  27 your emulator set to:
  28 <ul>
  29 <li>VT102 (or, if no VT102, then VT100) emulation;
  30 <li>24 rows by 80 columns;
  31 <li>Light foreground on dark background;
  32 <li>Answerback enabled.
  33 </ul>
  34 <pre>
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  36 VTTEST VT100/VT102 Compatibility Test Score Sheet
  37
  38 Program and version: konsole______________________________ Date: _________
  39
  40 Score: ____________ + Extra credit: ___________ = Final score: ___________
  41
  42 Check box if test passed.  Score 1 point per check mark.
  43 Perfect score = 100 points.  Extra credit at end.
  44
  45 1. Test of cursor movements
  46
  47 [1]   1. Text inside frame of E's inside frame of *'s and +'s, 80 columns
  48 [1]   2. Text inside frame of E's inside frame of *'s and +'s, 132 columns
  49 [1]   3. Cursor-control chars inside ESC sequences
  50 [1]   4. Leading 0's in ESC sequences
  51
  52 2. Test of screen features
  53
  54 [1]   5. Three identical lines of *'s (test of wrap mode)
  55 [1]   6. Test of tab setting/resetting
  56 [1]   7. 132-column mode, light background
  57 [1]   8. 80-column mode, light background
  58 [1]   9. 132-column mode, dark background
  59 [1]  10. 80-column mode, dark background
  60 [1]  11. Soft scroll down
  61 [1]  12. Soft scroll up / down
  62 [1]  13. Jump scroll down
  63 [1]  14. Jump scroll up / down
  64 [1]  15. Origin mode test (2 parts)
  65
  66      Graphic Rendition test pattern, dark background
  67
  68 [1]  16. Normal ("vanilla")
  69 [1]  17. Normal underlined distinct from normal
  70 [1]  18. Normal blink distinct from all above
  71 [1]  19. Normal underline blink distinct from all above
  72 [1]  20. Normal reverse ("negative") distinct from all above
  73 [1]  21. Normal underline reverse distinct from all above
  74 [1]  22. Normal blink reverse distinct from all above
  75 [1]  23. Normal underline blink reverse distinct from all above
  76 [1]  24. Bold distinct from all above
  77 [1]  25. Bold underlined distinct from all above
  78 [1]  26. Bold blink distinct from all above
  79 [1]  27. Bold underline blink distinct from all above
  80 [1]  28. Bold reverse ("negative") distinct from all above
  81 [1]  29. Bold underline reverse distinct from all above
  82 [1]  30. Bold blink reverse distinct from all above
  83 [1]  31. Bold underline blink reverse distinct from all above
  84
  85      Graphic Rendition test pattern, light background
  86
  87 [1]  32. Normal ("vanilla")
  88 [1]  33. Normal underlined distinct from normal
  89 [1]  34. Normal blink distinct from all above
  90 [1]  35. Normal underline blink distinct from all above
  91 [1]  36. Normal reverse ("negative") distinct from all above
  92 [1]  37. Normal underline reverse distinct from all above
  93 [1]  38. Normal blink reverse distinct from all above
  94 [1]  39. Normal underline blink reverse distinct from all above
  95 [1]  40. Bold distinct from all above
  96 [1]  41. Bold underlined distinct from all above
  97 [1]  42. Bold blink distinct from all above
  98 [1]  43. Bold underline blink distinct from all above
  99 [1]  44. Bold reverse ("negative") distinct from all above
 100 [1]  45. Bold underline reverse distinct from all above
 101 [1]  46. Bold blink reverse distinct from all above
 102 [1]  47. Bold underline blink reverse distinct from all above
 103
 104      Save/Restore Cursor
 105
 106 [1]  48. AAAA's correctly placed
 107 [1]  49. Lines correctly rendered (middle of character cell)
 108 [1]  50. Diamonds correctly rendered
 109
 110 3. Test of character sets
 111
 112 [1]  51. UK/National shows Pound Sterling sign in 3rd position
 113 [1]  52. US ASCII shows number sign in 3rd position
 114 [1]  53. SO/SI works (right columns identical with left columns)
 115 [1]  54. True special graphics & line drawing chars, not simulated by ASCII
 116
 117 4. Test of double-sized chars
 118
 119      Test 1 in 80-column mode:
 120
 121 [0]  55. Left margin correct
 122 [0]  56. Width correct
 123
 124      Test 2 in 80-column mode:
 125
 126 [0]  57. Left margin correct
 127 [0]  58. Width correct
 128
 129      Test 1 in 132-column mode:
 130
 131 [0]  59. Left margin correct
 132 [0]  60. Width correct
 133
 134      Test 2 in 132-column mode:
 135
 136 [0]  61. Left margin correct
 137 [0]  62. Width correct
 138
 139 [0]  63. "The man programmer strikes again" test pattern
 140 [0]  64. "Exactly half the box should remain"
 141
 142 5. Test of keyboard
 143
 144 [?]  65. LEDs.
 145 [?]  66. Autorepeat
 146 [1]  67. "Press each key" (ability to send each ASCII graphic char)
 147 [1]  68. Arrow keys (ANSI/Cursor key mode reset)
 148 [1]  69. Arrow keys (ANSI/Cursor key mode set)
 149 [?]  70. Arrow keys VT52 mode
 150 [?]  71. PF keys numeric mode
 151 [?]  72. PF keys application mode
 152 [?]  73. PF keys VT52 numeric mode
 153 [?]  74. PF keys VT52 application mode
 154 [1]  75. Send answerback message from keyboard
 155 [?]  76. Ability to send every control character
 156
 157 6. Test of Terminal Reports
 158
 159 [1]  77. Respond to ENQ with answerback
 160 [1]  78. Newline mode set
 161 [1]  79. Newline mode reset
 162 [1]  80. Device status report 5
 163 [1]  81. Device status report 6
 164 [1]  82. Device attributes report
 165 [1]  83. Request terminal parameters 0
 166 [1]  84. Request terminal parameters 1
 167
 168 7. Test of VT52 submode
 169
 170 [1]  85. Centered rectangle
 171 [1]  86. Normal character set
 172 [1]  87. Graphics character set
 173 [1]  88. Identify query
 174
 175 8. VT102 Features
 176
 177 [1]  89. Insert/delete line, 80 columns
 178 [1]  90. Insert (character) mode, 80 columns
 179 [1]  91. Delete character, 80 columns
 180 [1]  92. Right column staggered by 1 (normal chars), 80 columns
 181 [1]  93. Right column staggered by 1 (double-wide chars), 80 columns
 182 [1]  94. ANSI insert character, 80 columns
 183 [1]  95. Insert/delete line, 132 columns
 184 [1]  96. Insert (character) mode, 132 columns
 185 [1]  97. Delete character, 132 columns
 186 [1]  98. Right column staggered by 1 (normal chars), 132 columns
 187 [1]  99. Right column staggered by 1 (double-wide chars), 132 columns
 188 [1] 100. ANSI insert character, 132 columns
 189
 190 9. Extra credit
 191
 192 [0] 101. True soft (smooth) scroll
 193 [1] 102. True underline
 194 [1] 103. True blink
 195 [0] 104. True double-high/wide lines, not simulated
 196 [1] 105. Reset terminal (*)
 197 [0] 106. Interpret controls (debug mode) (*)
 198 [0] 107. Send BREAK (250 msec) (*)
 199 [0] 108. Send Long BREAK (1.5 sec) (*)
 200 [0] 109. Host-controlled transparent / controller print (*)
 201 [0] 110. Host-controlled autoprint (*)
 202
 203 (*) Features of VT100 not tested by vttest.
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