.TH SEYON 1 \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME Seyon \- X11 Telecommunications Package. .SH SYNOPSIS .B seyon [\-option ...] [\-toolkit_option ...] [\-\- \-emulator_option ...] .SH DESCRIPTION .P \fISeyon\fP is a complete full-featured telecommunications package for the \fIX Window System\fP. Some of its features are: .IP * Dialing directory that supports an unlimited number of entries. The directory is fully mouse-driven and features call progress monitoring, dial timeout, automatic redial, multi-number dialing, and circular redial queue. Each item in the dialing directory can be configured with its own baud rate, bit mask, and script file. The dialing directory uses a plain-text phone book that can be edited from withen Seyon. Seyon also supports manual dialing. .IP * Terminal emulation window supporting DEC VT02, Tektronix 4014, and ANSI. Seyon delegates its terminal emulation to xterm, so all the familiar xterm functions such as the scroll-back buffer, cut-and-paste utility, and visual bell are availabe through Seyon's terminal emulation window. Using xterm also means that Seyon has a more complete emulation of VT102 than other any Unix or DOS telecommunications program. Other terminal emulation programs can also be used with Seyon to suit the user's need; for example, color xterm can be used to provide emulation for color ANSI (popular on many BBS systems), and xvt can be used if memory is a bit tight. .IP * Script language to automate tedious tasks such as logging into remote hosts. Seyon's script interpreter uses plain-text files and has a syntax similar to that of sh, with a few extra addtions. It supports many familiar statements such as conditional branching by \fIif\fP-\fIelse\fP and looping by \fIgoto\fP. Scripts may be assigned to items in the dialing directory for automatic execution after a connection is made. .IP * Unlimited number of slots for external file transfer protocols. Protocols are activated from a mouse-driven transfer console that uses a plain-text file, editable from withen Seyon, for protocol configuration. Seyon prompts the user for filenames only if the chosen protocol requires filenames or if the transfer operation is an upload, for which Seyon also accepts wildcards. Multiple download directories can be specified for the different transfer slots. .IP * Support for Zmodem auto-download. Seyon detects incoming Zmodem signature and automatically activates a user-specified zmodem protocol to receive incoming files. Zmodem transfers can thus be completely automatic and require no user intervention. .IP * Translation modes. Seyon can perfrom useful trasnlations on the user's input. From example, Seyon can translate backspace to delete (useful on may Unix systems), newline to carriage return (useful on many BBS hosts), and my favorite, meta key tranlation: to send keys pressed while the meta (ALT) key is held down as an escape (ESC) followed by the key press. The latter mode simulates the meta key on hosts that do not support 8-bit-clean connections and makes possible the use of the meta key in programs like Emacs on such hosts. .IP * Other features: interactive setting of program parameters, on-line help, software (XONN/XOFF) and hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control, session capture to a file, and temporary running of a local shell in the terminal emulation window. .P Seyon is intended to be both simple and extensively configurable. Almost every aspect of Seyon can be configured via the resources to suit the user's taste. .SH OPTIONS .P Besides the toolkit options, Seyon recognizes the following command-line switches: .TP .BI \-modem " " Overrides the resource \fImodem\fP. Refer to the description of that resource below. .TP .BI \-script "