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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: finish (no, not finnish!)
Message-Id: <1995Jan24.131737.39041@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 95 13:17:37 MDT
References: <1995Jan23.113710@hnrc.tufts.edu> <1995Jan23.113505.38853@cc.usu.edu> <3g3anr$rcs@lynx.unm.edu>
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In article <3g3anr$rcs@lynx.unm.edu>, galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon) writes:
> [article both posted and mailed]
>
> 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?
--------
Yes, use "F" as in my example above. Not all macro names in
conflict with exiting names will be accepted.
Joe D.