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From: han@Apple.COM (Byron Han, scapegoat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: vt220 terminal emulation over telnet
Keywords: vt220 telnet terminal emulation
Message-ID: <10123@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Sep 90 15:59:19 GMT
References: <10074@goofy.Apple.COM> <1990Sep7.075255.10599@lth.se> <1990Sep9.211520.3965@svc.portal.com>
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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In article <1990Sep9.211520.3965@svc.portal.com> leonardr@svc.portal.com writes:
>	Not unless they have changed their opinions about text stream 
>printing on the Macintosh.  When Apple first announced the CTB, one of the
>first questions I asked was this one, and the responce at the time was NO WAY
>(followed by lots of implementation reasons that I won't go into).  This 
>applies to _ALL_ of the print related VTxxx sequences.
>
The problem is that low level print streaming is not looked upon favorably
(this is the current Party Line comrades!)

The idea of using a callback (or callbacks) is being investigated.  The 
CommToolbox should be considered to be a living architecture and will
undergo enhancements/modifications.  Input from the developer community
will definitely by entertained (this is not a promise to implement, just
a promise to listen)

Byron Han
CommToolbox Scapegoat