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- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 18:25:28 EST
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- From: "Gerald W. Schlabach" <GSCHLABA@IRISHVMA>
- Subject: Re: Kermit capabilities
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue,
- 25 Aug 92 19:45:02 IST from <ANDERSOS@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU>
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- On Tue, 25 Aug 92 19:45:02 IST <ANDERSOS@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU> said:
- >I am not sure what you are accomplishing with your ProComm script that
- >cannot be done as easily by using Kermit's session logging capabilities.
- >With Kermit you could start logging just before the search results were
- >displayed on screen and stop logging just after the results were
- >completely displayed. If you did not want to have to specify a filename
- >for the log, you can set a default filename in the Kermit initialization
- >file. Does your script automatically capture only the output you want,
- >saving the three keystrokes needed to start and stop logging, or does
- >it accomplish something else that I have missed?
- >
-
- The problem with logging, on both ProComm and Kermit, is that if one uses
- VT100 emulation, the logs are almost useless. There are no carriage
- returns, and one's computer is only receiving those characters that are
- different from the previous screen. One can switch to straight ASCII/BBS
- interface, but not mid-session, and the interface is cumbersome and well,
- not a pretty picture.
-
- I wrote the script for times when I do a general search and come up with more
- than one (up to 200) sources. I can let ProComm churn away and prune later,
- off-line. Actually, I sometimes run the script now for a single entry if it
- is longer than a couple of screens.
-
- A couple of people have written and asked for the script. My hesitation is
- that I have had to re-write it somewhat every time the library upgrades
- its NOTIS program. Also, it will probably only work on a NOTIS system.
- I occasionally telnet to other libraries and even systems quite close to
- Notre Dame's (e.g. Yale's Orbis) have little differences.
-
- I also have a pair of XPL programs to convert the results of all this once
- back in NotaBene. But these are even more idiosyncratic, since they depend
- on searches for consistently-occurring strings.
-
- I'll send the set in a couple days to whoever writes to me personally,
- with the understanding that the buyer must beware. I also don't have time
- to document the XPL programs, and help people customize for their systems.
-
- Gerald W. Schlabach
- University of Notre Dame
- Schlabach.1@nd.edu
-