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From: tmattox@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Timothy I Mattox)
Subject: Re: ZTerm - Wow!
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.161820.1211@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
References: <1991Jun15.040335.16036@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 91 16:18:20 GMT

In article <1991Jun15.040335.16036@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes:
>I'm using ZTerm 0.85 on my Mac at home. 
[...stuff deleted...]
>I was in the middle of downloading a 
>binhex'd file when things just locked up.  The Mac didn't crash
>but the transfer halted for some reason.  Rather than wait and see
>if it was just a delay, I turned my modem off and back on again to
>break the connection.  I then logged back in to UofT and started
>sending the file again.  Much to my surprise, ZTerm picked up
>where it left off - remember, I had broken the connection but had not
>exited from ZTerm (I did hit the cancel button in ZTerm's progress window, 
>though).  What a very nice feature.  I even got a message
>in the progress window saying the the transfer had resumed.

This is a feature of the zmodem trasfer protocal, which happens to be
ZTerm's main transfer protocal.

>Once ZTerm's vt100 emulation is a bit better (ever try to vi a file?),
>I can't imagine a better package around.

It's vt100 emulation is fine.  The problem you have encountered is a bug
in the use of tab settings.  Zterm does not automatically initialize
the locations of the tab stops.  You need to do this to be able to use
vi or any other program that sends tabs to your terminal.  To initialize
the tab settings, just select "show controls" in the "Options" menu.
Do this twice to get rid of the funny symbols (the control characters).
It's such a small bug, that is so devistating to those who use unix
and don't figure out how to bypass the bug.
For me, I set up a QuicKey macro to toggle the "show controls" menu item
for me whenever I launch ZTerm.

As for a better package, I'm hoping the author is working on a new version
of ZTerm.  I like its no frill's approach.  It's quick, and small.
--
Live long and prosper.     - Tim Mattox - (email: tmattox@ecn.purdue.edu)
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