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  1. Article: 13390 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: set retry-limit 5  ;  show retry-limit ==> NO_CAN_DO!
  6. Date: 28 May 2002 16:57:57 -0400
  7. Organization: Columbia University
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  16.  
  17. In article <ad0qfv$6gh$1@reader1.panix.com>,
  18. David Combs <dkcombs@panix.com> wrote:
  19. :
  20. : SUGGESTION:  As a casual user, how would I have
  21. : known that?  "show retry-limit" would *seem*
  22. : to be the obvious thing to do -- just
  23. : as obvious, I suppose, as (when using products
  24. : that run under M$) expecting "F1" to give
  25. : help.
  26. : 
  27. : Perhaps as a way of (a) helping and also (b)
  28. : teaching the user, *if* he types 
  29. :     show retry-limit
  30. : then reply back:
  31. :    please do "show protocol".
  32. : 
  33. : Comments?
  34. : 
  35. It's just code.  C-Kermit has nearly a million lines of it already.
  36. Our to-do list stretches on until infinity.  Anyway, there *is* a
  37. manual...
  38.  
  39. - Frank
  40.