Columbia Kermit/kermit.zip/mskermit/msiwpu.txt

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From KERMIT.BWR (Sept 1993):

= INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN MS-DOS KERMIT 3.13 AND EARLIER VERSIONS:

 1. The TERMINALR/S macro capability is replaced by host-initiated change
    of screen writing direction (details in KERMIT.UPD).  As a consequence
    of this, host-based WordPerfect won't be able to load your key settings
    (see next section).  Any other host software that sent the TERMINALR/S
    sequences will also need to be converted in similar fashion.  See the
    APC section in KERMIT.UPD (MSKERM.UPD) for further details.


To make host-based UNIX WordPerfect work with MS-DOS Kermit 3.13, follow these
directions (courtesy of Chris Thompson at Vanderbilt University; presumably
similar steps can be followed for the VMS version):

. Go into the directory where the terminal definitions are stored (in my case
  of WP 5.1 for AIX, it was /usr/wp51/shlib), and execute "wpterm" (it usually
  requires you to be super-user).

. A screen containing all the terminal definitions will appear.  Highlight the
  current Kermit terminal definition and hit Create.

. It will ask "Model new definition after Kermit?"  Answer yes.

. It will then ask for a new name for your new terminal definition.  Call it
  something like KERMIT313.

. At the bottom of the screen, several options will appear.  Choose the option
  for Terminal Control Characters.  It will then bring up a screen with the
  different initialization strings and their values.  The first four items are
  the ones that need altering (Terminal Initialization, Terminal Reset, Quick
  Initialization, and Quick Reset).  Just delete "[27][?34h" or "[27][?34l"
  (for initialization and reset, respectively) from the string and replace it
  with "[27]_take \kermit\wpunix.ini[27]\" or "[27]_set key clear[27]\",
  leaving the rest of the string intact.

. Be sure to change your WPTERM environment variable if you decided to create
  a definition with a different name.