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  6. From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
  7. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  8. Subject: Re: Kermit 3.14-beta 14 and vt220 non-erasable characters
  9. Message-Id: <1994Dec6.075216.34631@cc.usu.edu>
  10. Date: 6 Dec 94 07:52:16 MDT
  11. References: <V9zukSng1OX5073yn@panix.com>
  12. Organization: Utah State University
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  14. Apparently-To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
  15.  
  16. In article <V9zukSng1OX5073yn@panix.com>, ami@panix.com (Ami Bar-Yadin) writes:
  17. > There is a problem with the vt220 emulation of MS-DOS Kermit 3.14.
  18. > I downloaded the beta 14 version, specifically to test the feature
  19. > which DEC refers to as "non-erasable characters".
  20. > 
  21. > I prepared a small unix shell script to send the escape-sequences
  22. > and tested the response in Kermit and in Crosstalk mk4.
  23. > 
  24. > ---snip---
  25. > #!/usr/bin/ksh
  26. > fg="\033[2\"q"
  27. > bk="\033[1\"q"
  28. > cf="\033[?2J"
  29. > echo "${fg}foreground${bk}background${fg}foreground${bk}background${fg}${cf}"
  30. ----------
  31.     Correct. And it's fixed in beta-15. That beta is accumulating last
  32. minute bug reports and will be issued shortly.
  33.     Thanks,
  34.     Joe D.