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From: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Features I'd like to see in JRCOMM
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Date: 4 Feb 91 22:53:19 GMT
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In article <926@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (CS 231 section 2) writes:
>>5) Make the VIEW-buffer a task, so we can STILL scroll around in it
>>   and read it s while we're up/downloading (Z-Term allows this! :-( 
>
>  The 1.02 version will close the capture file prior to starting a file
>transfer so that you can load it into the text reader of your choosing.  It
>will also reopen the capture file (append mode) after the transfer completes.
>Is that sufficient?  I can't see incorporating the code into JR-Comm for what
>would essentially be my idea of a text reader, which is almost surely not your
>idea of what one should be...
>

Jack, here's a suggestion.  Take a look at the Review Buffer in
Telemate 2.11 on the IBM.  It's a damn nice setup.  While
downloading, you can hit Alt-B to pop up a box with a scrollable
buffer of your session.  Take the mouse, hold down the left button,
drag across a file name in a listing, and then move the mouse pointer
down to the main screen.  Press the right button and it pastes 
that highlighted name.  This type of intuitionized clipboard
would make interactive downloading quick, easy, and fast.  I think
this is along the lines of what CS 231 section 2 was asking for.

Personally, I'm more concerned with scripts and Kermit (XPR)
use.  When 1.1 (or whatever it's number is) comes out with these
features, I know I'll be switching over to Jr-Comm and registering
it.  (And the thing I mentioned above would swing a lot of people
over from what I've heard in circles of users....)
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