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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: 6 Feb 91 23:10:39 GMT
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In article <52363@sequent.UUCP> cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman) writes:
>I would suspect that if JRComm (or any other comm program) supports
>some form of capture file, then you have all the tools you need to do
>file name cutting and pasting.  For example, you log into a BBS or
>other system to download.  You open the capture file, then list the
>appropriate files.  Now, you toggle to WB, where you load the capture
>file into your favorite speedy-whiz-bang text-file viewer, and find the
>file you want.  Using Snap, you select the filename, toggle back to the
>comm program, and paste it in.

Problems:

A)  You would have to save the buffer to open it in another screen.
(This takes more time, especially when you are on a BBS which
has a time out value...)

B)  Snap does NOT work across all fonts.
>
>The real beauty of this scenario is that you aren't limited by the
>comm program author's notion of what makes 'good' navigation through
>a view buffer.  Not to mention the fact that now you have a permanent
>record of the file listing from the BBS, so you can review it later
>to find some other file you might have missed, and you CAN still
>scroll around in it while a download is in progress.

I trust Jack to write it well... :)  Jack could make
Jr-Comm internally multitasking.  Else, once could still save
the capture buffer (as he would have to in order to follow
your proceedure) but one one would not be faced with the 
time it takes as per your method.

>
>Remember, the Amiga has a feature called multitasking.  Use it.
>

Well, let's see.  I run Paragon (or did you miss my .signature)
so I usually have about 30 tasks online.  I think I
utilitize multitasking...
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