Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!noao!stsci!barsh From: barsh@stsci.EDU (John Barshinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: VT100 2.7 questions??? Message-ID: <135@obi-wan> Date: 9 Dec 87 15:12:44 GMT Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218 Lines: 95 Keywords: VT100 terminal emulator I have just received a copy of VT100 Version 2.7. The only differences that I have found from version 2.6 is: 1. BS<->DEL Swap bug fixed 2. Requesters for kermit xfers, etc now have there own windows created in which status data is displayed. Question: Is there other significant changes that have been made??? The reason I'm asking is that I have just spent many late nites incorporating the following features in version 2.6: VT100 Version 2.6/jrbii Enhancements ------------------------------------ 1. SWAP bug fixed. 2. Full 132 column support (overscan used, therefore you must have version 1.2 of the AmigaDOS operating system.) 3. Added menu features: a) all menu items now have a command sequence (Right Amiga something) to execute them. b) menu items have been added for the following: SCREEN TO BACK - pulls the workbench screen in front of the VT100 screen (click on the workbench screen depth gadget to return to VT100). RAMIGA J will execute this command and JUMP you to the workbench screen. SCREEN WIDTH - selects 80 column mode or 132 column mode. RAMIGA 8 will select the 80 column mode and RAMIGA 1 will select the 132 column mode, if you don't like using the mouse. HOLD SCREEN - send ^S and ^Q alternatively to the host to signify HOLD SCREEN ON (XOFF) and HOLD SCREEN OFF (XON). You can use ^S HS on and ^Q HS off or RAMIGA / to toggle HS on and off. QUIT VT100! - will cause VT100 to terminate. RAMIGA Q will also activate this function. 4. HOLD SCREEN and CAPS LOCK is now signaled on the top line of the screen so that it is easy to tell the state of those conditions. CAPS LOCK is only really useful for those to lazy to look at the keyboard like me. (These were the only useful LED's on the VT220 keyboard). Other Changes: Note: I have tried to keep everything (command sequences, menus, script files, etc. compatible with version 2.6 VT100 so that upgrading??? to this version will be as painless as possible... 1. Screen Appearance - this has been changed in the following ways: a) The title bar is no longer in existence (I didn't like the clipping). The two important things, the closewindow gadget and the window depth adjustment have been replace by the "QUIT VT100" (RAMIGA Q) and "SCREEN TO BACK" (RAMIGA J) menu items, respectively. The depth adjustment was rather cumbersome anyway, since you had to pull the window down to get to the screen depth gadget before you could do anything. 2. The SCREEN field is no longer used by VT100, a custom screen is ALWAYS opened since we need overscan to implement full 132 column mode. This field is still allowed in the init file to maintain compatibility with earlier versions. So is it worthwhile to add my features to 2.7 or 2.7's features to mine, or not. I'll also be adding Windowed Xmodem in the near future as soon as this issue is resolved since duplicating work is not one of my favorite things to do... jrbii ~~~~~ p.s. If anyone is interested in my version, just let me know... -- John Barshinger Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, MD 21218 plink:jrbii | bix:jrbii | barsh@stsci.edu