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- RBcomm v3.31
-
- If you have been using RBcomm v3.01 or earlier, you will need to
- recompile all of your macro files, as the internal structure has changed
- significantly. However, no harm will result if you forget to do so
- since RBcomm v3.1+ will complain on outdated macro files.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- See RBCOMM.DOC for full details on the following:
-
- New macro commands
- ------------------
-
- DISPLAY "string"
- like MESSAGE, but always displays at current cursor position,
- and advances the cursor
-
- MDIAL "phone-number"
- manual dial, same as 'M' on dialing directory screen
-
- PACECHAR 'c'
- wait for the specified character after each line on TYPEing a
- file to the remote system. Default is '^M'
-
- SAVE_SCREEN ON|OFF
- determine whether the current screen will be saved when executing
- external programs (other than file transfers).
-
- SCROLLBACK
- invoke the scrollback pager.
-
- SELECT_SCREEN num
- switch to the specified screen, or pop up a menu if 'num' is
- PROMPT.
-
- New variable expansions
- -----------------------
-
- %N name of the remote system (from dialing directory)
- %w current sWitch character
-
- New commandline options (not case-sensitive)
- --------------------------------------------
-
- -Cn select COMn
- -Ddir specify the RBcomm directory
- -Mfile specify the name of the default macro file
- -Nfile specify name of the dialing directory. This option replaces
- the RBCDIAL environment variable used in the previous
- release
- -Pparm set port parameters for the current default port
- numlst specify a list of numbers to dial immediately
-
- New environment variables
- -------------------------
-
- SWAPDIR overrides the directory for swapping set by RBCONFIG
- RBCOMM now contains commandline options instead of the data directory
-
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-
- RBcomm can now search the path for EXEC and EXECN, which results in a slight
- change in the command string. You will need to change any EXECs which use
- the "!" prefix in one of the following two ways:
-
- . if the command is internal to COMMAND.COM, replace the exclamation
- mark with "%VCOMSPEC% %wc " (without the quotes, of course)
-
- . otherwise, simply remove the "!"
-
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-
- If you have been using the RBcomm v3.21 or earlier Unix "termcap" entry,
- please replace it with the new entry. The move-cursor command has
- changed from ^E to ^_. ^E is now the VT100 answerback request.
- Similarly, the cursor-up command has been changed from ^A to ^^ since
- UnixWindows uses ^A.
-
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-
- Terminal emulation:
-
- BBS and AVATAR modes have been combined into a single emulation.
- The 'T' type in the dialing directory and on the Set Parameters
- menu is no longer supported.
-
- ^FA, ^FB, and ^FC have changed. ^FA no longer does anything;
- ^FB switches to the specified virtual terminal, and ^FC does
- a clear-screen on the specified virtual terminal.
-
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-
- Planned changes:
-
- The RBcomm private emulation commands will be switched around
- somewhat to accomodate full-time AVATAR availability.
-
- A 250-entry dialing directory! This will necessitate some
- changes in the macro commands related to dialing.
-
- The Alt-M macro learning feature and SAVE_MACRO/UI_MENU commands
- will disappear, because enhancements to the macro language which
- I am contemplating will make it infeasible to change a compiled
- macro file at run time. However, this will probably not happen
- in the next release, but only in the one after that.
-