Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: terminal program in Win3.0 Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 90 18:54:27 GMT References: <1990Jun12.023455.29037@bach.amd.com> Sender: news@seri.gov (news [NO CHARGE]) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 47 phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >I can't get terminal to do file transfers, either text or >binary. I've set it up for kermit and am using C-kermit on >a Sun-3 on the other end. MSkermit works just fine. Baud >rate is 19,200, no parity. Any ideas? How do you send >the mskermit equivalent of "finish"? Phil, try it at 4800 baud. With Crosstalk for Windows and Win/386, I couldn't cut and paste without losing lots of characters at 9600 or 19200. I quit using Windows and CfW because of this a few months back. I haven't tried to cut and paste large blocks since getting Win3. I haven't gotten the Win3 aware CfW yet to play with it. Right now I'm using Crosstalk Mk 4 from Win3. I occasionally loose characters and have to redraw the screen. When I use any of the Crosstalk products and Kermit, I always just did a ^C when I reconnected to the Unix box. Crosstalk doesn't have a FINISH command. While we're on the Terminal subject. I find that I like the way you cut and paste a LOT better than CfW. With CfW, you have to hit the Scroll Lock key to get into Scroll mode, highlight the text, hit ^Ins, hit Scroll Lock, then Shift-Ins. With Terminal, you don't have to mess with getting in and out of Scroll mode. It saves a LOT of time - especially when typing in tinymud descriptions. The advantage of the Scroll Mode is that you can cut things that have already left the screen. Now I can think of ways to make cut and paste even more efficient. Drag with the right button, when you release it, the selected text is put in the copy buffer, then hit both buttons to paste it. That way one doesn't need to keep moving hands between keyboard and mouse. I also like the way Terminal does the display of function keys. With CfW, if you have more than a few keys programmed, the names get scrunched up because it tries to fit all keys on one line. Terminal gives you two lines and four pages for keys. I sure wish you could store more text in the keys. How about 256 characters? CfW is also limited here. The disadvantages of Terminal are no scripting language and no scroll mode to review old information. I'll probably use both according to my greatest need. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Engineer VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future