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- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Steve.Withers
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Which is better: pmcomm or te2?
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:15:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.231535.17089@actrix.gen.nz>
- Keywords: pmcomm te2 comms (TE/2 vt100 emulation)
- References: <1992Aug29.004905.8158@actrix.gen.nz> <92Aug29.145122edt.12046@roll.db.toronto.edu> <n1fn-v=.genie@netcom.com>
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- Lines: 47
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- In article <n1fn-v=.genie@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (The Genie) writes:
- > In article <92Aug29.145122edt.12046@roll.db.toronto.edu> panos@db.toronto.edu (Panos Economopoulos) writes:
- > >Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- > >
- > >> ......
- > >>refresh. I also bought TE/2 because PMComm's VT100 was not as good as TE/2.
- > >>This was probably the main difference for me as reasonably VT100 is critical
- > >>for my comms activities.
- > >> .......
- > >
- > >Strange. vt100 emulation is critical for me, too. I login to UNIX systems
- > >and "vi" is my text editor. I tried TE/2 but abandonded it very shortly
- > >since when running "vi" in a TE/2 session, even hopping from one word
- > >to the next (with the vi command 'w') erases the previous word.
- > >One gets tired of hitting ctl-L continually. There were also some other
- > >problems with the vt100 emulation that I've noted down somewhere but
- > >don't remember off the top of my head.
- > >
- >
- > I've had the same experience with TE/2. The vt100 terminal emulation
- > is not good. I use the jove text editor and pressing keystrokes like
- > CNTRL-F (move the cursor to the right one space) will erase the
- > previous character on my screen. And I too end up pressing
- > CNTRL-L many times to get the screen to refresh correctly. This
- > is particularly bad when programming since I find it necessary
- > to see what's been typed before.
- >
- > The last time this happened was when I used Telix. But I fixed that
- > problem by setting the "destructive backspace off". I tried doing
- > this same thing with TE/2 by modifying the te.ini file, but
- > still continues to erase characters off the screen. For now, back
- > to Telix!
- >
- > Gene
-
- Perhaps it is just the host I login to. I use the joe editor and TE/2 handles
- it better than any other OS/2 comms program I have tried (that also has
- Zmodem). TE/2 doesn't work so well under the EVE editor on a VAX host I also
- call, but then niether does *any* comms program I have *ever* used......:-)
-
- Steve
-
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