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Many of the Telix program's features can be customized, including things like
the screen setup and the communications parameters. Default values for these
parameters are stored in a file called TELIX.CNF, which is the configuration
file. When starting up, Telix will automatically read this file. The first
time you use Telix, this file is created for you with some standard default
values. Pressing Alt-O while in terminal mode brings up the Telix Configura-
tion Menu, which allows changes to these default settings.
╔═▌▌Configure Telix ▐▐═══════════╗
║ ║
║ Change which default settings? ║
║ ║
║ Screen and color ║
║ Terminal Options ║
║ General settings ║
║ Modem and dialing ║
║ Filenames and paths ║
║ ASCII transfers ║
║ Protocol options ║
║ Kermit transfers ║
║ Comm port setup ║
║ Write changes to disk ║
║ Exit ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════╝
The first seven options are parameter areas, the last two deal with leaving
the Configuration Menu.
Screen and Color Settings
The fist selection on the Configuration Menu allows you to set the screen and
colors default settings. After choosing this option you will be shown a menu
listing the various parts of the screen displays (e.g., menu foreground
colors). If you pick one of these items you will be allowed to scroll through
the possible colors for it by using the arrow keys. When you have selected the
right colors, press Return. If you want to leave the colors menu without
selecting one press the Escape key.
Another setting on the 'Screen and colors' menu is the 'Screen write mode'. If
you select this option you will be asked how you want Telix to write to the
screen. This depends on the video adapter present in your system. The first
option is a direct screen write. This is the fastest mode, and should be used
if you have a monochrome adapter, an EGA adapter, or another video adapter
that never gets snow.
The second option is a direct screen write with port checks. This method is
slightly slower. You should use this method if you screen shows snow on it or
it flickers while executing the DOS 'dir' command. One card with which you
should use this is the color/graphics adapter. Don't use this option if your
video card doesn't need it, as it may interfere with communications. The final
method is a screen write with BIOS calls. You should use this method with
applications like Topview or DoubleDOS. This method is quite slow however. You
do not need this mode to run Telix under DESQview, since Telix is DV aware.
Another selection on this menu is 'Default screen size'. This allows you to
pick an alternate default screen size of 80x43 or 80x50. These modes require
an EGA or VGA card. Also, many EGA cards do not support 80x50, while some VGA
cards do not support 80x43.
When you have finished choosing the colors you want, select the 'Keep changes
& exit' option if you want to keep the color changes you have made, or the
'exit' option if you want to discard them.
Terminal Options
Selecting the second option of the Configuration Menu shows a number of
settings related to Telix operation while it's in terminal mode. Some of these
affect other areas of Telix, too. To select a setting to change type the
letter beside it. Telix will then allow you to change the old setting. Press
the Esc key at this point to exit without changing anything. Options include:
A: Communications parameters. These include baud, data bits, parity, and
stop bits. Note that this will not change the current settings, only the
defaults the next time you run Telix.
B: Communications port. This can be COM1 through COM8. This change will not
be effective during this session, but will take effect the next time you
run Telix.
C: The terminal Telix emulates: Allowable terminals are "TTY", "ANSI-BBS",
"VT102", "VT52", and "AVATAR".
D: Status Line Location. Telix allows a status line to be displayed at the
bottom or top of the screen. The status line shows some useful informa-
tion. This option controls whether Telix displays the status line at the
bottom or top of the screen, or not at all.
E: Local echo. This controls whether or not Telix should echo on the screen
any characters you type while in Terminal mode. This is usually off for
BBS use. Local echo on is often also called Half Duplex, while local echo
off is called Full Duplex.
F: Add line feeds. This controls whether or not Telix should add line feeds
to incoming Carriage Returns characters while in terminal mode. If you
are connected to a remote system and lines are overwriting each other,
this should be on, otherwise it should be off.
G: Strip high bit. Telix can strip the high (most significant) bit from
incoming data bytes while in terminal mode. This is sometimes useful
because it allows the high/parity bit of incoming text to be ignored.
H: Received backspace destructive. This setting controls how Telix treats
incoming backspace characters. If backspace characters are destructive,
the cursor backs up over the previous character and erases it, otherwise
the existing character is not erased.
I: Backspace key sends. Normally, Telix sends Backspace when the Backspace
key is pressed, and DEL when Ctrl-Backspace is pressed. This option
allows these settings to be swapped.
J: XON/XOFF software flow control. This controls whether or not Telix should
use XON/XOFF software handshaking while in terminal mode and during ASCII
file transfers. This should usually be on.
K: CTS/RTS hardware handshaking. Hardware handshaking is used with high
speed modems and null modem cable links to regulate the flow of data. If
the modem supports Hardware handshaking this should be on. If a null
modem cable is being used and these signals are valid over the cable,
this should be on.
L: DSR/DTR hardware handshaking. Hardware handshaking is used with high
speed null modem cable links to regulate the flow of data. If a null
modem cable is being used and these signals are valid over the cable,
this should be on. Often a null modem cable will allow one type of
hardware handshaking to be used, but not the other.
M: Compuserve Quick B transfers. Compuserve Quick B transfers are initiated
by Compuserve, which sends a special character. When Telix detects this
character while in terminal mode, it starts the transfer. This option
allows the feature to be disabled.
N: Zmodem auto-downloads. Telix can detect the packet from another computer
sending files using the Zmodem protocol, and automatically begin a Zmodem
download on the local end. This option allows this feature to be dis-
abled.
O: Answerback string. Some systems require you to send an identification
string when an ENQ (Ctrl-E) character is received. You may define such an
'answerback' string here. If this string is empty, nothing is sent. As
well, note that the answerback string is not sent if Compuserve Quick B
transfers are enabled.
General Settings
The third option on the Configuration Menu allows you to change some general
default settings. They are:
A: Sound (on/off). If