Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ketch.cis.ohio-state.edu!martens From: martens@ketch.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Need better communications software Message-ID: <77561@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 25 Feb 90 01:36:24 GMT References: <10456@hoptoad.uucp> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Jeff Martens Distribution: usa Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 54 In article <10456@hoptoad.uucp> slc@hoptoad.UUCP (Steve Costa) writes: >I'd like to know if there are any communications programs with >some or all of the following features: I'm a moderately satisfied Online 2.11 user; the following pertain to that program. > 1. ANSI/VT100 capability Yes -- I use it daily. > 2. Highly programmable keyboard, including the cursor keys. I think so, but haven't looked at the docs for awhile. My function keys are all defined, though. > 3. Able to send escape sequences from the keyboard (i.e. > doesn't reserve the Esc key for its own use) Yes. Actually, I can't imagine that any program would reserve esc for its own use. Certainly known that claoms to emulate anything. > 4. Able to store and recall last line(s) typed Not that I'm aware of. > 5. Scrollable session log Yes, but with limited memory. > 6. Able to drag down down lines from the session log No clue what you're talking about here. > 7. Able to grab multiple lines from the session log > and bring them into the Amiga environment (whether > as files, clipboard, REXX, or whatever) Yes -- capture mode. > 8. REXX capability Don't know. > 9. ??? Other convenient features ??? User-defined macros. Various file transfer protocols. -=- -- Jeff (martens@cis.ohio-state.edu) With the rate of change in Europe, and the likelihood of NFL expansion, will we soon see the Houston Oilers play the Kalingrad Eulers?