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From: galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: finish (no, not finnish!)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 95 09:43:34 MST
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In <1995Jan23.113505.38853@cc.usu.edu>,
Joe Doupnik <jrd@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>In article <1995Jan23.113710@hnrc.tufts.edu>, jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
>> In previous PC versions, all I needed to type was 'f' at my PC's KErmit prompt
>> to send a finish to a mainframe version working as a server. With version
>> 3.14, 'f' is unrecognized and 'fi' is required. I assume this is because
>> the forward command has been added. Would it be a major violation of style
>> if 'f' were allowed to continue to default to finish?
>---------
> It would not be a swift idea. We already have too many "nicname"
>commands as it is. Surely FIN is not to cumbersome to type. But if your
>preferences are strong then DEFINE F FINISH. Self help.
> Joe D.
I agree about the "nickname" commands - one person's nifty abbreviation
is another's non-mnemonic mystery - but I tried applying Joe's solution
to re-name an existing command (or its nickname) and failed:
MS-Kermit>ver
IBM-PC MS-DOS Kermit: 3.13 8 July 1993 patch level 17
MS-Kermit>show macro x
No macro(s)
Free space (bytes) for names: 612
MS-Kermit>x
?Transmit file not found
?Timeout
MS-Kermit>define x push
MS-Kermit>show macro x
X = push
Free space (bytes) for names: 607
MS-Kermit>x
?Transmit file not found
?Timeout
MS-Kermit>
Any suggestions on how to use 'x' as a macro name?