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From: sysone@teleport.com (FIGHT THE POWER)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Automated SLIP logins from MSK...?
Date: 17 Apr 1995 00:21:52 -0700
Organization: I? Organized? Right. :-)
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Hi, I have a couple of questions regarding MS-DOS Kermit,
version 3.14, 18 Jan 1995, patch level 3. I have not been able
to find answers for these in my copy of _Using MS-DOS Kermit_,
2nd edition, nor in the docs from the .zip file. Please let me
know if there is something I have overlooked.
First: I have begun using Kermit over a dial-up SLIP
connection to my local provider. My script for doing this loads
the SLIP8250 driver if necessary, gets my password and dials. It
then handles the login. Once the connection is authorized, the
system displays the following:
Set IP address of interface 'myname-slip'
Packet mode enabled for IP address: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
At this point, I escape back to my Kermit prompt and enter
Mykermit>set tcp/ip host myname-slip
Mykermit>set tcp/ip address aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
and from there I can TELNET &c. No problem so far. What I would
like to do is to automate the last portion of the transaction;
that is, for Kermit somehow to grab the hostname and address from
the incoming data. If I could get the incoming lines into some
variable(s), I might be able to use some of the new (3.14)
functions on them. INPUT and REINPUT don't seem to be geared for
this job -- at least from what the book and docs say. Is there a
way to retrieve and use information in this way within Kermit?
Second: At the library where I work I have installed
Kermit on several PCs acting as terminals for the on-line
catalog -- these are on an ethernet. There are also some
recently delivered computers which are hooked directly to the
host via 9600-baud lines (COM1). On these latter machines, the
host sends out escape sequences to change character colors
regardless of the terminal type. Even 'TYMONO' does this. The
problem is that the colors used are horrible. It would be much
nicer to stick with basic screen colors; I like to use cyan on
black with green underscore. Is there a way to instruct MS-DOS
Kermit to ignore certain incoming escape sequences? The problem
is not such attributes as 'bold, reverse underline,' as these I
can control. The problem is the actual color change commands;
e.g. ^[[34;40m or ^[[36;40m sequences. It is these I would like to
screen out. Is such selective screening possible? The only
alternative I can think of would be to get the system
administrator to install a modified termcap/terminfo entry --
which I could set up, but I don't think it would be allowed.
Thanks in advance for any insights offered. Mail replies
more than welcome. I will summarize responses if I get enough.
P.S. I just received _Kermit News_ No. 6 via snail. The
Brazilian Elections article was fascinating. Thanks!
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