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From: sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: UniTerm 2.1a wishlist/Broken ST problem...
Message-ID: <460@csvax.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Mar 88 09:59:56 GMT
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Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University


Wishlist for the next release of UniTerm (2.1a ??) :

1) Support for 'invisible cursor' (ESC [ 1 v I think...).

2) Double width, single height text on colour monitors.

3) Faster Tektronix mode.

4) A one-key NO SCROLL key (none of this ALT-Z stuff) - I currently use
   INSERT to go in and out of the SLE...this acts as a useful NO SCROLL key.

5) Why does an alert dialog appear if you disable the SLE and then (accident-
   ally or deliberately) press the INSERT key ? This rather makes the 'dis-
   abling' aspect a bit useless...!

6) Retain the screen display when switching from or to 132 column mode, rather
   than clearing the screen and homing the cursor.

7) Follow this convention for mouse control :
   If there is keyboard input or serial line activity, leave the mouse
   switched off UNLESS the mouse is moved (switch it back on again in that
   case). Use either the standard mouse arrow or an outlined char cell box
   for the mouse because these are easier to use than the I-bar.
   If the mouse button is clicked whilst the mouse is on, then the cursor
   should move to the character cell nearest to the mouse pointer. BUT....
   listen to the echo from the host after each cursor arrow code is sent -
   then the cursor can be 'stopped' if it exceeds the selected position
   (as is the case if there is tabs between the original cursor position and
   the destination position selected by the mouse).
      PLEASE remove this silly 2-click convention for cursor position selection
   by the mouse - it is highly annoying.

P.S. MY ATARI DOESN'T RECOGNISE ESCAPE (AND NEVER HAS !) to refresh a disk
     window after a disk swap. Also, the Procopy disk copier is convinced
     that the source disks I put in are write-enabled when they are clearly
     write-protected. By the way, I'm using a 1040STF that is about two years
     old, but I'm not sure which drive manufacturer produced my internal drive.

Richard K. Lloyd,          ***************************************************
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