Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!sci.kun.nl!cs.kun.nl!lwj
From: lwj@cs.kun.nl (Luc Rooijakkers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: NCSA Telnet & System 7 : Bugs?
Keywords: NCSA telnet bug system7 font key
Message-ID: <3602@wn1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 30 May 91 09:14:43 GMT
Sender: root@sci.kun.nl
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Lines: 37

Ever since I installed System 7.0 on several of our Mac Plusses, I have
experienced little problems with NCSA Telnet. The problems manifest
themselves in two areas: fonts and option key remapping.

The only font that seems to work okay is Courier. All the others result
in a wide window, with all characters being displayed as if they were
about twice their width. Even the cursor gets this width, so I suspect
there is a problem with Telnet calculating the maximum width of all
the characters in a font. The characters themselves have their normal
shape (i.e., not extra wide). Has anyone else seen this? How can I cure
it?

Also, the remapping of Option to Ctrl (very useful on a Plus, if you
also want to use Command shortcuts) doesn't work right anymore. The keys
produce control codes nowhere near those they should produce. However,
when I turn off Command keys, the Command combination *does* produce the
right control code. Before System 7, this has always worked for me, both
with Dutch and US versions of the system software.

Setup:	- Macintosh Plus
	- 2.5 MB memory
	- 20 MB hard disk (several brands)
	- No INITS (oops, extensions)
	- System 7.0, newly installed
	- Only the standard fonts in the System file (those that are put
    	  there by the Installer)
	- Normal keyboard (US version)
	- MacTCP 1.0.1 over LocalTalk
	- NCSA Telnet 2.4 beta 11 (MacTCP version)

Those are not fatal problems, but they are annoying. Thanks in advance
for any info.

-- 
Luc Rooijakkers                                 Internet: lwj@cs.kun.nl
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science     UUCP: uunet!cs.kun.nl!lwj
University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands         tel. +3180652271