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From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
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Subject: VLT suggestions
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Date: 9 Mar 91 01:41:07 GMT
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In-reply-to: cs441215@umbc5.umbc.edu's message of 8 Mar 91 23:42:53 GMT

Just a few more VLT suggestions:

1. Please allow all keys to be redefined. The current limits prevents you
from doing useful things like e.g.

        - putting ^N,^P,^F,^B on your cursor keys and get some line
disciplines to work

        - Use the alt key as a meta key in emacs by redefining
alt-<any key> to mean ESC followed by <any key>

Of course the ideal solution would still be the usage of external
keymaps.

2. Is it possible to add a switch to VLT to allow an insert mode under
VT100 ? I know that a real VT100 does not have this, but some machines
just wont believe that.

3. Is the fact that you cannot download via xprzmodem and rz under
some (all ?) flavours of unix a bug in
        a) rz
        b) xprzmodem
        c) the unix flavour
        d) VLT ?

Thanks for any and all implementations or answers,

        Carl Edman


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