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From: weisen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Neil Weisenfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Still bugs in Wincomm?
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Date: 21 Oct 90 03:50:13 GMT
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In article <1990Oct20.191800.16480@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
[stuff deleted about problems with telebit modems]
>
>As far as I am concerned, this product attempts to do so much for you, that it
>is no longer useful. If it doesn't already support a particular modem, you are
>possibly SOL.
>
>I have noticed something else, the emulation (VT102) has a problem that erases
>characters from the screen when using emacs (UNIX system) and paranthesis
>matching mode. This mode moves the cursor to a matching open paran when the
>closing one is typed. When this action occurs, wincomm erases the characters
>on the screen between the parans.
>

This problem should go away if you download the Oct 19th version and
select non-destructive b.s. on the terminal set-up menu.  There are
still emulation problems, though.  If the author has access to the
`less' program running under UNIX, he should try going backwards in a
file -- it's a real mess.  

Neil
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