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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: 132-column Mode and MS-Kermit Verbs
Message-Id: <1994Nov3.223304.31997@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 3 Nov 94 22:33:04 MDT
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In article <CypL0A.1L1@physics.purdue.edu>, korty@london.physics.purdue.edu (Andrew J. Korty) writes:
> My friend and I just discovered the world of 132-column mode, and we
> have a few questions for all who are familiar with its numerous
> wonders.
>
> 1. My friend wants to define a key to switch between the modes while
> in terminal emulation mode, but we couldn't find a verb that does
> this. Is using verbs the only way? Also, we'd like to know if
> there's a way to define a key to escape back to command mode and
> execute a Kermit command (of any kind).
Check the user's manual, the book "Using MS-DOS Kermit" whose
details are given on the Kermit HELP screen and the *.UPD files issued
since then. You can assign a Kermit macro as the definition of a key.
The macro can do anything you could say at the Kermit prompt, including
issue SET TERM commands. Syntax is SET KEY keycode {\Kmacroname}
and the \K must be inside the curly braces.
> 2. I'm running DOS Kermit under OS/2 in a full-screen DOS session.
> When I use 132-column mode, everything works fine until I switch back
> to the desktop, at which time the video proceeds to get completely
> screwed up. The only way to save things is to go back to Kermit and
> do an Alt-X (which puts the screen back in 80 column-mode) and then go
> back to the desktop (which is still screwed up) and activate a screen
> saver or something to refresh the screen.
It's between OS/2 and your video driver and your monitor.
Please remember that there is no standard on 132 column video modes so
that OS/2 has no idea of what state the display is in and hence little
idea of what to do about it. Better video drivers could help more,
however.
> 3. Also, Kermit's documentation claims that it can auto-detect the
> screen width requested by the host, but doesn't seem to.
Maybe you mean the opposite here. Hosts can request 80 or 132
columns from VTxxx terminals, nothing more. Kermit obeys those requests.
Perhaps you mean that Kermit can tell the host its current screen size
upon request, which is true. There is no "auto-detect" in this arrangement,
by either host or terminal emulator. Kermit can also report screen size
in Telnet Options packets, if the host agrees to do so.
Joe D.