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From: jwhitman@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (Jerry Whitman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: VT100 profile questions
Message-ID: <10354@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 8 Mar 89 00:38:42 GMT
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Hi again.  Here is the next wave of inane questions.  I have been using
VT100 (Ver 2.6) for a little while and I am ready to develop some custom
scripts and INIT files, but first I need a little additional information.

1. If I understand the documentation correctly the BUFFER parm does nothing
to the send or receive packet length.  How can I change those via a parm?
I have different needs depending upon which host I am accessing.

2.  Because of the currently slow transfer time with the default short packet
I would like to put VT100 in the background and do other things.  When I click
the front to back gadget I get no response.  I am usually running from the CLI
or Shell.  Is the failure of front-to-back strictly because of where I am 
running? If so, will running VT100 from an icon clear that problem?  If not, I
would appreciate a work-around that will let me start a lengthly transfer and
put it in the background. 

3.  The documentation does not address the file transfer requestor that is
used to indicate the file and the in-flight statistics.  The DONE gadget that
is displayed causes me a little confusion.  If I click on it the requestor 
goes away, but I sometimes end up sending a garbage character or two to the 
host.  If I click outside the requstor the requestor will go away and no
spurious garbage is generated.  Does VT100 have some hard and fast rule here?

It seems to me that VT100 has been well thought out and a very reasonable
implementation.  My kudos to all involved here.  Also a hearty THANK YOU
to those who can contribute to the demise of my ignorance in yet another
subject area.

(This is an amazing world - - The more I know, the more I know I don't know!)

Regards,  Jerry