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WHAT THE DIRECTORY SHOWS
Most of the screen is taken up by a window showing 15 (or
more, depending on the screen mode) of the possible 1000 en-
tries in the dialing directory. On the bottom of the screen is
a menu of options, here shown on two lines so that it will
fit:
Dial List Toggle Find Manual Redial Add Edit Clear
Unmark Other eXit
This menu works in a similar manner to the other menus found
in Telix, as described in the section 'Using Telix Menus'. In
addition, since dialing is such a common function, if any nu-
meric key is pressed, it is assumed that the 'List' function
is wanted and this number is carried over as the first digit
entered for that function. At the same time you may view the
dialing directory. To scroll through the directory one entry
at a time, use the Up and Down arrow keys. Use PgUp to go back
one page, and PgDn to go forward one page. Press Home to go to
the beginning of the directory, and End to go to the end of
the directory. It should be emphasized that whenever the line
'Scroll with Up, Down, Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn' is dis-
played, you may scroll through the directory.
For each entry, many items are stored. All the fields can not
be displayed at the same time; you may toggle which fields are
shown on the screen by selecting the 'Toggle' command. Each
entry contains information under the following headers:
Name: This is the name of the remote service (i.e., Com-
puserve, Genie, Telix Software Support BBS, etc.).
Number: This is the phone number which Telix should dial to
reach the remote service.
Line Format: These are the communication parameters (such as
baud rate, parity, etc.) needed to talk to this service.
Script: A script file may be linked to each entry in the dial-
ing directory. When Telix connects to this service, that
script file is then run, and may for example automatically
log-on, entering your name and password as needed, for greater
convenience and speed.
LastCall: This is the date of the last successful call you
made to this remote service.
Total: This is the total number of successful calls you've
made to this number.
Terminal: This is the terminal Telix should start emulating
when a connection has been reached to this number.
P: This is the first letter of the protocol which should be
set as the default if a connection is reached to this number.
E: This controls whether local echo should be on or off when a
connection is reached with this number.
L: This controls whether the Add Line Feeds setting should be
on or off when a connection is reached with this number.
H: This controls whether Telix will strip the high (most sig-
nificant) bit of incoming characters in terminal mode.
BD: This controls whether a received backspace sequence is de-
structive (that is, if the character backspaced over should
also be erased).
BK: This controls what value the Backspace key sends, either
Backspace, or Del.
DP: This (advanced) setting is used to tell Telix what Dialing
Prefix to use when dialing this entry. One use for it is to
turn on or off MNP (error correcting) support in modems, to
avoid delays when the number called does not support it any-
way.
Password: This filed may hold a password for the remote ser-
vice represented by this entry. The password may be used by a
script file to automatically perform a log-on operation.
Please note that this field is not encrypted, so if security
is a problem, do not store your passwords in the dialing di-
rectory!
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