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From: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VT100 v2.9 problems.
Message-ID: <831@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com>
Date: 23 Oct 89 20:47:54 GMT
References: <7286@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu>
Reply-To: acs@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tony Sumrall)
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In article <7286@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> kim@beowulf.UCSD.EDU (Geoffrey K Kim) writes:
>Has anyone had any problems with the latest (v2.9) of VT100?  When
>I converted over from v2.8 the first thing that tipped me off that
>something was amiss was that several of my script files which worked
>flawlessly under v2.8 would hang on certain ON and WAIT commands.

I'm the author of 2.9 (my address is in the documentation that comes with
VT100).  2.9 underwent substantial beta-testing (several months worth) but
that doesn't mean I found all the bugs.  I remember one of my testers
reporting a problem similar to yours...the problem was that the ON command
was actually being encountered (and executed) AFTER the data that was to
be the trigger had been received -- it worked in 2.8 because of a coding
error!  Check out this possibility (the MSG command may be of help here)
and let me know if it solves this particular problem.

>Next, while logging onto our remote host I noted that control characters
>were being displayed rather than interpreted by the emulator.  Does
>anyone know what I'm doing wrong?   

I've never heard of this one.  It may have to do with your the terminal
settings on your host.  I'm sorry but without more information I'm
afraid I can't help.  Please send me a copy of the scripts that are
failing along with your vt100.init

>| kim @beowulf.UCSD.EDU (Home of the Garden Weasles)                  |


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