[comp.sys.cbm] DesTerm wrap

Matthew.Desmond@f178.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Matthew Desmond) (04/30/89)

Hello,
 
  I do not know why DesTerm should be only slightly larger than kermit, except
that it is 100% machine code which will usually be smaller than BASIC 
(compiled or otheerwise) -- I havenot sen kermit2.2 so I don't know the score.
 
Wrap mode:
 
  The default mode for VT100 is non-wrap and is NOT a user changeable setting
(from a SETUP screen or whatever).  If you really MUST have wrap mode on, try 
the following in ECHO ON mode:
 
   ESC[?7h   to turn wrap on and ESC[?7l   to turn it off.
 
Wrap is usually ON in all the other emulation modes.
 
  Matt.
 
 


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djn1537@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu (05/06/89)

Dear Matthew Desmond,

	Thanks for the information about the wrap echo codes.  It makes 
things much better.  I have mailed my resistration fee today, but I had a
friend in England who sent me some of his suggestions for improving Desterm
Here's what he said:

>  brief thoughts for improving it: Hot keys for the menus; faster menus;
>  RUN/STOP on any menu brings you back to the previous menu; a scrollback
>  buffer, so that you can display incoming text in the bottom half of the
>  screen, and use the cursor keys (or some other special key) to scroll
>  through the past X lines of received text (this is a REALLY nice feature
>  to have on BBS's and the like); A "Reset all" option for the colour
>  colour menu to reset the colours to something sensible.

						
							Thanks again,
				   			        Dan Nix

djn1537@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu