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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: Where I am with various projects
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Date: Fri, 8-May-87 23:34:01 EDT
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	Firstly, I would like to thank everybody who has mailed me bug reports
and comments on DME, DTERM, my SHELL, and all the other odd programs I've
written.

DTERM:
	Currently my priority project.  I plan to fix all the bugs people have
	reported, add some functionality, and release another version soon.
	(Specifically, I'm taking out the SLAVE stuff since Steve Drew's
	AUX: handler works so much better.. I am putting in an external
	command execution facility to make up for it).  

	DTERM doesn't set the protocol properly for XMODEM... especially
	when you've picked XON/XOFF in preferences.  This will be fixed

	Various other things will be fixed/added.  I'm currently in 
	correspondance with Dave Wecker on ideas for a totally new 
	approach to a terminal program, but it will be quite a while before
	you see any results.  Until that time, I will continue to expand
	DTERM.  The next release will hopefully have enough low-level support
	to emulate a VT100 (though this emulation will never be as complete
	as Dave Wecker's VT100 emulator).

DME:
	Many Many comments/suggestions/ideas... my TODO list is huge!!
	There were a couple of bugs reported, but none major enough to 
	warrent another distribution.  As soon as I complete the current
	fixes/additions to DTERM, I will start work on DME.
	
SHELL:
	Last on my priority list.  I *have* made a couple small changes.
	The next release will not be for quite awhile considering the 
	backlog of other projects.  I do not know if Steve Drew plans on
	releasing another M version before I do (usually I release my 
	version, then he incorporates the changes into his visual version).
	You can tell whos version you are using by the way the line 
	editing is done... I let the console do it, whereas Steve puts the
	console in RAW mode and adds cursor control/visual history, etc...


PIPE:
	No current plans for future enhancements.  Since this is a 
	relatively small program, all bugs will be fixed immediately.

MWB:
	Plans for future enhancements includes (mainly suggestions from
	Bryce):
		-to specify the color of other MWB screens
		-to specify the title of other MWB screens
		-to make requesters appear on those screens instead of the
		 actual workbench screen.



					-Matt