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From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
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Subject: Re: Kermit 2.2 termcap
Summary: "Just one poke..."
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Date: 12 Mar 90 23:35:11 GMT
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In article <8629@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements) writes:

>Is there a way to get Kermit to treat the 25th line like a standard line?

Yes, there is.

>If I forget and use my default termcap entry (ansi), the VAX thinks I have a
>terminal with 25 lines.  The nice thing is EMACS will use all 25 lines.  The
>only problem is if it leaves me on line 25, I have a 1 line terminal until
>I do a clear.  Since I haven't found anything useful to do with the status
>line, I would rather have all 25 lines to use.

Ray Moody, Kermit's author, made the status of the 25th line "toggle-able". 
He says that a SET LINE-25 {ON, OFF} type of command will be added in the
future.  For now, do this:

LOAD "KERMIT",8
POKE 24706, 1
RUN (or SAVE it if you want 25 lines as the default)

The above POKE changes the status of the 25th line during the initial startup
sequence.  Once it is changed, you are "stuck" in 25-line mode unless you
exit Kermit, POKE 24706, 0 (don't use 25th line), and do a SYS 2064 to
restart Kermit.

However, if you have a cartridge like Super Snapshot that can interrupt Kermit
while it is running, you can change the storage location of the 25th line's
status on the fly without exiting Kermit: $7E2D (32301).

Hope this helps.

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation
Author of the C-64/128 Kermit User's Guide

Any opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of my employer.
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In article <8629@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements) writes:

>Is there a way to get Kermit to treat the 25th line like a standard line?

Yes, there is.

>If I forget and use my default termcap entry (ansi), the VAX thinks I have a
>terminal with 25 lines.  The nice thing is EMACS will use all 25 lines.  The
>only problem is if it leaves me on line 25, I have a 1 line terminal until
>I do a clear.  Since I haven't found anything useful to do with the status
>line, I would rather have all 25 lines to use.

Ray Moody, Kermit's author, made the status of the 25th line "toggle-able". 
He says that a SET LINE-25 {ON, OFF} type of command will be added in the
future.  For now, do this:

LOAD "KERMIT",8
POKE 24706, 1
RUN (or SAVE it if you want 25 lines as the default)

The above POKE changes the status of the 25th line during the initial startup
sequence.  Once it is changed, you are "stuck" in 25-line mode unless you
exit Kermit, POKE 24706, 0 (don't use 25th line), and do a SYS 2064 to
restart Kermit.

However, if you have a cartridge like Super Snapshot that can interrupt Kermit
while it is running, you can change the storage location of the 25th line's
status on the fly without exiting Kermit: $7E2D (32301).

Hope this helps.

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation
Author of the C-64/128 Kermit User's Guide

Any opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of my employer.