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From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: alt x oddity
Date: 4 May 2006 13:54:54 GMT
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On 2006-05-04, Scott Caissie <scottac@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
: Alt X (\Kexit) has a slight oddity in it that I hope someone can explain
: to me.
:
: When I use Alt X while in CONNECT mode to reach COMMAND mode I get this
: situation:
:
: Pressing Alt X (or C) to return back to CONNECT mode. When activating a
: definition macro afterwards, it won't process. It just jumps to the COMMAND
: window's prompt. You can then re-try the macro and it'll work.
:
: There must be a very small detail I'm missing.
: All my macros, which are activated in CONNECT mode are formatted as:
:
: set key \## \kTest
: Define test {
: ....
: Connect
: Return
: }
:
: Now when I use this macro while in CONNECT mode, it rapidly jumps to COMMAND
: mode, where it does its thing, then immidately goes back into CONNECT mode.
: I do this repeatedly and everything is perfect.
:
: Never am I stuck at the prompt using my macros.
: Why then does using the commands, Alt X or C, manually not have the same
: effect? Why does it negate the next definition type macro used?
:
See the recent thread on this same topic. This is one of the most annoying
bugs in Kermit 95 2.1.3: macros assigned to keystrokes simply do not work as
expected. Quoting from ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/k95/newbugs.txt :
735. Macros on Keys broken
In versions 1.1.21 through 2.1.3, when a SET [TERMINAL] KEY definition
includes a macro invocation, then pressing the key while in the
Terminal screen returns to the command screen (and in some cases might
also fail to execute the macro). A workaround would be to:
define myconnect connect /synchronous
(make the connection with SET PORT, DIAL, or SET HOST)
if success do myconnect
This is fixed in the next release.
And then to address the inevitable next question, "How do I get the fix?" or
"When will the next release come out?", see:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/support.html
- Frank