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From: sdo@cs.purdue.EDU (Shawn D Ostermann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: terminal emulator <==> Unix Emacs
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Date: 18 Jun 91 17:50:33 GMT
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I've been trying to use my wife's Mac II as a dialup terminal to
access my Unix accounts.  Since I live and die in emacs (Gnu), I MUST
have a terminal program that does the emulation well, preferably for a
vt100, since that is what everyone uses.  All of the ones that I've
used do a less-than-satisfactory job with reverse video, which makes
things a real pain.  In addition, I also want to be able to upload and
download papers, etc, for work.  I have been unable to find a terminal
emulator that I like:

MacTerminal:
   Mine is a very old version which usually dies, and it doesn't have
   reverse video, which make emacs mode lines painful.  Is the current one
   any better??

MS Works:
   vt100 terminal emulation stinks.  I have to redraw the screen quite
   often as the mode lines meld with the text.

Zterm.85
   The vt100 emulation is pretty good, and I REALLY like the
   upload/download software.  It only has one flaw, it doesn't seem to
   understand that everything written in the middle of a highlighted
   section should STAY highlighted.  Emacs draws a highlighted mode
   line, and then updates pieces of it a bit at a time.  Eventually,
   most of it is no longer in RV.  Is there a fix for this??  I DO
   like that I can easily change the font...

Red Ryder
   I didn't try this as extensively, but the emulation doesn't seem to
   be as good as ZT85


Does anyone out there have any favorites for use with Emacs??  I don't
mind paying a little if I can find a good package, either commercial
or ShareWare, but I can't afford to buy something that won't work.

Thanks,
Shawn
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