CSULLOGG@CRL.AECL.CA (05/09/91)
I am one of the unfortunates in the world who has been forced into using the Mass-11 word processor on the VAX. This is a true WHAT-YOU- SEE-IS-NOT-WHAT-YOU-GET (acronym = C.R.A.P.) word processor. Well, aside from the pain of actually having to use Mass-11, I have been using UNITERM on a 1280*960 Atari TTM195 monitor on a TT. While UNITERM does work, it does not run in a GEM window so all I get to use is the top, left-hand corner of the TTM195. Yesterday I unwrapped STalker and used it for the first time. Overall, its a good replacement for UNITERM (at least I can use the whole TTM) but not all VT100 features are implemented. I have also run into the following problem. Mass-11 uses the top four keys on the numeric keypad as PF1..PF4 to initiate and execute commands. For example, PF1 R = replace text. If I start editing a document, all the PFn keys work fine. However, outside a document, at the Mass-11 menu level such a PP (print menu), none of the PF keys work. Why would PF keys function at one level in Mass-11 but not at another? STalker also does not have KERMIT, which is essential for file transfers at our site. UNITERM has always been THE BEST code I have ever used for KERMITing files (I have used SmartTerm 240, Mac240, RedRyder, Crosstalk, ZSTEM (yech!), VersaTerm Pro). I know that STalker has X/YMODEM, which is popular in the 'BBS' community, however, KERMIT is the fite transfer protocol that I NEED in the scientific community (The KERMIT accessory that I bought with FLASH does not work on the TTM195, just as FLASH does not run). Do any of the PD kermit accessories work on a TT with a TTM195?