On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:56:24 +0000 (UTC), I R A Darth Aggie wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:29:05 +0000 (UTC),
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>, in
> wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.x, Chris Jones wrote:
>> > I'm wondering if there are any programs that might help demo xterm's
>> > Tektronix emulation - found examples that used such things as "graph"
>> > and "plot" but I haven't been able to locate these programs in the
>> > stable debian repository.
>> >
>> > I did find a tektests directory in the xterm source tree but I'm not
>> > sure what these .tek files contain and how they can be used.
>>
>> Those are terminal sequences to test the tek graphic facilities. Start
>> up an xterm in tek mode ("xterm -t"), then e.g., "cat usmap.tek".
>
> It's been a while since I've had to use the tektronix graphics in an
> xterm, but yeah, that's what I remember.
>
> cat
>
> and *poof* it was drawn. We'd do that to proof a plot before sending it
> to a large-format plotter, which was some sort of thermal transfer device -
> or was it an electrostatic?
>
> It's been at least, umm, 14 years since I had to do that.

I would assume that being more flexible, user-friendly, etc. ..
GUI-based stuff rather than terminals is what folks use these days?