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From: shankar@damavand.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Subash Shankar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Telcom Program of the Gods
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Date: 8 Sep 89 02:13:37 GMT
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Well, for my contribution to the wishlist, I'd like to see the following

  - scrollback like Proterm, but better integrated with the editor, and
    OS, in the sense that you can trivially move stuff back and forth 
    between these sources.

  - background processing for everything.  This includes background Dloads,
    being able to edit a file while the normal screen output is proceeding
    (though you wouldn't be able to see that stuff until you get out of the
    editor off course), etc.  Ideally, I'd like multiple windows for each 
    of these in a desktop environment (I think 5.0 and TWGS make that env.
    fast enough), but you asked for a text environment so you'd have 
    all the screens being updated in background, though you wouldn't see
    the results except for the active screen.

  - Emulation of VT100, VT52, and Proterm Special at least, more advanced
    VTxx graphics modes if hardware allows for it (even if it means needing
    horizontal and/or vertical scrolling).  At least one standard graphics
    terminal supported by CAD software (even if the GS's resolution isn't
    enough without scrolling).

  - Kermit, XModem, YModem, ZModem

  - Macros including "learn" feature
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Subash Shankar             Honeywell Systems & Research Center
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