Why doesn't spss work on the X-terminals?

There is a problem with running spss with terminal type xterm. You can correct this simply by setting the TERM evironment variable to vt100 before you begin spss:

   (setenv TERM vt100; spss )

A better way to more fully use the X-terminal's capability is to add a resources named spss to your .Xresource file:

   spss*title:             SPSS Window
   spss*LoginShell:        false
   spss*TermName:          vt100
   spss.VT100.ScrollBar:   false
   spss.VT100.geometry:    80x48
   spss.VT100.translations: #override\
       Num_Lock:      keymap(num)\n\
           Help:      string(0x1b) string("1")\n\
             F1:      string(0x1b) string("1")\n\
             F2:      string(0x1b) string("2")\n\
             F3:      string(0x1b) string("3")\n\
             F4:      string(0x1b) string("4")\n\
             F5:      string(0x1b) string("5")\n\
             F6:      string(0x1b) string("6")\n\
             F7:      string(0x1b) string("7")\n\
             F8:      string(0x1b) string("8")\n\
             F9:      string(0x1b) string("9")\n\
            F10:      string(0x1b) string("0")\n\
         Delete:      string(0x04)\n\
     KP_Decimal:      string(0x04)\n\
          Prior:      string(0x0f)\n\
           Next:      string(0x0c)\n\
           Home:      string(0x1b) string("<")\n\
            End:      string(0x1b) string(">")\n\
         Insert:      string(0x07)\n\
             L6:      select-set(CLIPBOARD)\n\
             L8:      insert-selection(CLIPBOARD,PRIMARY)

Then, add these lines in your .alias file (Or the part of your .cshrc file that defines interactive aliases)

   if $?DISPLAY then
     alias spss 'xterm -name spss -e \spss \!* &'
   endif
   alias spssbat '\spss -m < \!$.sps >! \!$.lst'

Next, create the file called spssNCD.ad with X-resource targeted for the NCD terminals:

   spss.VT100.translations: #override\
    Num_Lock:    keymap(num)\n\
             F1:      string(0x1b) string("1")\n\
             F2:      string(0x1b) string("2")\n\
             F3:      string(0x1b) string("3")\n\
             F4:      string(0x1b) string("4")\n\
             F5:      string(0x1b) string("5")\n\
             F6:      string(0x1b) string("6")\n\
             F7:      string(0x1b) string("7")\n\
             F8:      string(0x1b) string("8")\n\
             F9:      string(0x1b) string("9")\n\
            F10:      string(0x1b) string("0")\n\
            F11:      string(0x1b) string("-")\n\
            F12:      string(0x1b) string("=")\n\
            F27:      string(0x1b) string("<")\n\
            F33:      string(0x1b) string(">")\n\
            F29:      string(0x0f)\n\
            F35:      string(0x0c)\n\
         Insert:      string(0x07)\n\
         Delete:      string(0x04)\n\
     KP_Decimal:      string(0x04)\n\
            F16:      select-set(CLIPBOARD)\n\
            F18:      insert-selection(CLIPBOARD,PRIMARY)

Finally, add the following line to your .xsession file:

   xrdb -merge spssNCD.ad

With these changes you can just type spss and get a correctly working spss session is a separate windowed labeled "SPSS window". Also the The function keys and the keys labeled "Help", "Home", "End", "PgUp", "PgDn", "Insert" and "Del" will work as documented. To run a spss in batch mode use the alias

   spssbat file

This will process the file named file.sps and put the result in a file named file.lst.

June 19, 1994