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From: jot@visi.com (J. Otto Tennant)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Kermit odd behaviour with nn in terminal emulation
Date: 1 Oct 1997 00:22:35 GMT
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jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman) writes:
>In article <60r432$scd$1@darla.visi.com>, J. Otto Tennant <jot@visi.com> wrote:
>: I have updated OS/2 kermit to 1.14.
>:
>: The vt220/vt320 terminal emulation seems bulletproof. I have no
>: problems using it with elm and vi.
>:
>: When I attempt to follow-up a post using nn, though, WAIT appears and
>: that's the end of it for that terminal session. This does not happen
>: using vanilla telnet (although the OS/2 telnet is excruciatingly awkward
>: to use, in this scenario it at least works.) The only way out is to
>: kill off the window.
>Your host is probably sending a C1 character which is ignored by IBM Telnet
>but which is interpretted by Kermit as the start of a STRING definition.
>What does Kermit/2 say in the lower right corner of the status line?
Well, that surely is the problem. It says STRING.
>What happens if you use Alt-R to reset the terminal?
I confess I haven't tried that, though I will. I was distracted by your
other suggestion.
[...]
>Very likely the post uses a character set such as CP1252 (Windows
>Latin1) which uses C1 control characters for things such as
>apostrophe. Try this:
> SET TERMINAL REMOTE-CHARACTER-SET CP1252
>the problem will most likely go away.
I'm sure it would. However, setting CP1252 in the K95 dialer doesn't
seem to have any effect. I will Read the Fine Manual to find out how
to execute this command at a more basic level.
Many, many thanks. I am very pleased with your product.
> Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
> The Kermit Project * Columbia University
> 612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025 * (212) 854-1344
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html * kermit-support@columbia.edu
--
J.Otto Tennant jotto@pobox.com
Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.