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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: PD Comm package: a resolution
Message-ID: <2196@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 10:02:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  8 10:02:05 1986
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In article <1046@well.UUCP> ljz@well.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman) writes:
>In article <2158@uwmacc.UUCP> demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>>PROCOMM Version 2.30... works like a champ. *ALL* of the emulators behave
>>themselves...
>
>Wait!  Stop!  Be careful with PROCOMM 2.30's terminal emulation.  I found
>that the VT100 and the TVI-912/920 *still* didn't work quite right all
>the time.  Using 'vi' under Unix, the cursor would sometimes get confused
>and leave you placed on a line you really weren't on.  This wasn't always
>obvious and sometimes I'd delete the wrong line, only to find out too
>late.
>
   Well, I found a work-around to Lloyd's problem, though I use the 
vt100 emulation.  Seems that if you use ProComm's screen set-up menu
(alt-S) to set line-wrap OFF, vi works fine.  However, certain *other*
screen-oriented applications (serious stuff like mille, cribbage, and
robots) seem to work only when line-wrap is ON.  So, with the minor
inconvenience of turning line-wrap ON for those few and far between
times when playing games, Procomm is still the best PD (or otherwise)
IBM PC communications program.

 - Joel Plutchak
   uucp: {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster
   ARPA: uwvax!uwmacc!oyster@rsch.wisc.edu

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