sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk (03/04/88)
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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"I have VERY strong opinions which are nothing whatsoever to do with the
University of Liverpool, so blame ME if I bitch about useless IBM PC clones,
even more redundant IBM mainframes and the terrible Atari ST..."rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz) (03/07/88)
add to wish list: 1) make it work from gulaam (my copy of 2.x does not, or is it me?) works ok from desktop (old ROM, no blitter, 1040, HD) 2) ability to invoke arc or less (or any command for that matter) (maybe it does now...not being able to invoke from gulaam forced me back to v1.7b and i haven't really read new docs) 3) would be nice to see file size/dates in fsel dialog (i.e. replace fsel with something better) otherwise i use uniterm almost exclusively on ST. it is really nice! all this from freeware... -bill
preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister) (03/09/88)
From article <1347@alliant.Alliant.COM>, by rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz): > 1) make it work from gulaam (my copy of 2.x does not, or is it me?) > works ok from desktop (old ROM, no blitter, 1040, HD) I have no problem invoking Uniterm from Gulam, or Gulam from within Uniterm. As a matter of fact, I used Uniterm to dial into work, an then ran UW from Uniterm. (UW gives me multiple terminal windows). > 2) ability to invoke arc or less (or any command for that matter) > (maybe it does now...not being able to invoke from gulaam forced > me back to v1.7b and i haven't really read new docs) Again, not a problem. > 3) would be nice to see file size/dates in fsel dialog (i.e. replace > fsel with something better) You're _really_ asking for an improvement in GEM. Simon Poole has done us all a service by developing Uniterm, for little reward aside from the personal satisfaction. It just doesn't seem reasonable to complain about his using a standard part of the GEM user interface in a standard way. > otherwise i use uniterm almost exclusively on ST. it is really nice! all this > from freeware... I'll bet that if you take another crack at it, you can Uniterm to do what you want. -- Preston L. Bannister USENET : hplabs!felix!preston BIX : plb CompuServe : 71350,3505 GEnie : p.bannister
martin@lakesys.UUCP (Martin Wiedmeyer) (03/11/88)
In article <24380@felix.UUCP> preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister) writes: >From article <1347@alliant.Alliant.COM>, by rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz): > >As a matter of fact, I used Uniterm to dial into work, an >then ran UW from Uniterm. (UW gives me multiple terminal windows). Preston, What is UW? It sounds intrigueing (sp?) Is UW PD? I'd like to request a copy, if it is. Marty Wiedmeyer -- | Marty Wiedmeyer | | Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI | | UUCP: {ihnp4,uwvax}!uwmcsd1!lakesys!martin | | Disclaimer: I take the heat for my own (mis)statements..... |
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) (03/12/88)
In article <24380@felix.UUCP> preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister) writes: > > > [ ... ] Simon Poole has >done us all a service by developing Uniterm, I agree. Let's hear a round of applause for developers of free software everywhere. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@waterloo.edu ljdickey@watdcs.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ...!uunet!water!ljdickey
preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister) (03/14/88)
From article <499@lakesys.UUCP>, by martin@lakesys.UUCP (Martin Wiedmeyer): > What is UW? It sounds intriguing. Is UW PD? I'd like to request > a copy, if it is. UW gives you multiple simultaneous terminal windows through a single serial connection. It makes low baud rate (2400-baud in my case) connections much more useful. The host side of UW is availible in source form for BSD Unix. The original UW client ran on the Macintosh. The version I have was derived from sources posted to this newsgroup some time ago. The original version worked, but was buggy. I re-wrote most of it, fixed some errors in the state machine, added cursor key support, and optimized screen updates. The current version I've been using for several months without problem. It doesn't have any extra features (i.e. no dialer, macros, file transfer, etc.). It emulates an adm31 terminal, up to 7 of them. It uses a 7x13 monochrome font, so that I can see more than one window at a time. It only works on a monochrome display, although it could be adapted to color. I hadn't bothered posting, as someone else had claimed to have a much fancier version of UW that they were going to post shortly. That was months ago... If there is enough interest, I'll put together a posting. Anything else you want to know? -- Preston L. Bannister USENET : hplabs!felix!preston BIX : plb CompuServe : 71350,3505 GEnie : p.bannister -- Preston L. Bannister USENET : hplabs!felix!preston BIX : plb CompuServe : 71350,3505 GEnie : p.bannister
trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) (03/17/88)
In article <24872@felix.UUCP> preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister) writes: >From article <499@lakesys.UUCP>, by martin@lakesys.UUCP (Martin Wiedmeyer): > >I hadn't bothered posting, as someone else had claimed to have a much >fancier version of UW that they were going to post shortly. That was >months ago... > >If there is enough interest, I'll put together a posting. Please, Please post it. I think the guy that had the fancy one was from Lachman, but I wasn't able to track that version down. I finally got rid of my Mac, so really miss UW... -Todd Burkey
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) (03/19/88)
In article <357@stag.UUCP> trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) writes: >In article <24872@felix.UUCP> preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister) writes: >>From article <499@lakesys.UUCP>, by martin@lakesys.UUCP (Martin Wiedmeyer): >> >>I hadn't bothered posting, as someone else had claimed to have a much >>fancier version of UW that they were going to post shortly. That was >>months ago... >> >>If there is enough interest, I'll put together a posting. > >Please, Please post it. I think the guy that had the fancy one was >from Lachman, but I wasn't able to track that version down. I finally >got rid of my Mac, so really miss UW... I agree. Please post. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@waterloo.edu ljdickey@watdcs.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ...!uunet!water!ljdickey