Qodem Screenshots

The following screenshots illustrate Qodem in normal use. These shots were taken with an xterm running the vga11x19 / vga fonts, they look much better on the actual console. Note that xterm should be specified with the "+aw" parameter, otherwise the status line will attempt to wrap.

I am comparing Qodem to GNOME-Terminal 2.4.2 simply because that is the default X11-based terminal emulator on my desktop Linux system. I am in no way trying to fault GNOME-Terminal.

These screenshots show the utility of Qodem's emulation layer even when used "inside" another emulator. If that other emulator has some problems faithfully replicating the VT100-ish console, Qodem can help fill the gap.

At the other extreme, the Xterm emulator screenshots show exactly what the screen should look like. The Qodem-inside-Xterm screenshots show the limitations of the character-cell metaphor. Notice in particular the character sets test: Xterm has dynamically created the VT100 graphics characters and drawn them directly to the X11 window. Qodem can draw only a subset of those characters that are supported by its host console.

As mentioned in the README, users who need serious VT100-ish emulation complete with correct graphics characters should use Xterm. Xterm has a well-deserved reputation as the gold standard in this area.

GNOME-Terminal 2.4.2	Qodem inside GNOME-Terminal	Xterm	Qodem inside Xterm
Cursor control chars inside escape sequences	Cursor control chars inside escape sequences	Cursor control chars inside escape sequences	Cursor control chars inside escape sequences
Save/Restore Cursor feature	Save/Restore Cursor feature	Save/Restore Cursor feature	Save/Restore Cursor feature
VT52 Sub-mode	VT52 Sub-mode	VT52 Sub-mode	VT52 Sub-mode
Character Sets	Character Sets	Character Sets	Character Sets

This software is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL.