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ANSITerm By Timothy Miller
Version 1.5 Two Worlds Software
Documentation by Timothy Miller & Sean Dougherty
(c) Copyright July, 1992 Timothy Miller, Two Worlds Software
NO PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE MODIFIED, DISASSEMBLED, DECODED,
OR REMOVED BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
NO PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE USED IN ANY OTHER PROGRAM. THE
ABOVE ALSO APPLIES TO THE FONT FILE INCLUDED WITH ANSITERM.
ALL OTHER RIGHTS RESERVED.
THE USER IS AUTHORIZED TO USE THE PROGRAM ANSITERM, AND HAS
PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE THIS PROGRAM, AT NO COST. NO PROFIT MAY BE
DERIVED OUT OF THE SALE OF THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT THE SPECIFIC
PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
** The author can be contacted on Genie (address [T.MILLER23])
The following files are part of the ANSITerm package:
ANSI150B.PRG
ANSI150B.DOC
FONT48.DAT
These files MUST be included. All other files are optional, except
XYZ which is necessary for file transfers.
ANSITerm's Features (* = New features)
- ANSITerm is a 100% ANSI VT-102 compatible terminal program that
supports full 16 colors, blinking text, with 80 columns.
- Supports X-modem, Y-modem, and Z-modem transfers (using XYZ.TTP)
- Full mouse support and menu bars
- AutoDialer with separate options (line-feeds, local echo, etc.)
for every entry.
* Capture buffer with the ability to send and print selected blocks
* Selectable color palettes
* New intelligent memory saving techniques
* View Buffer and block functions
* Auto Z-modem Download and Upload
* Ten 79-character global macros
* Upload/Download paths can be set along with the path of XYZ.TTP
ShareWare Info
This program is shareware and I have put much time into making this
into the best terminal program possible. If you use and like this program,
please support the author and allow him to make future upgrades by sending
a $15 donation or more to:
Timothy Miller
7519 Winging Way Drive
Tampa, FL 33615-1519
U.S.A.
Please make checks payable to Timothy Miller. All users in the
U.S.A. who register will receive free updates by mail.
File Transfers
File transfers can be accomplished through the use of Alan Hamilton's
XYZ file transfer program. I have found no way to keep the program
in memory and call it when needed, so ANSITerm must load it each time
you transfer a file. For hard-drive users, this is not a problem
since ANSITerm remembers where XYZ is, but for floppy disk users, it
requires extra effort. ANSITerm will not allow you to swap floppys
(load XYZ from one and transfer to/from another) so the use of a RAM
disk is recommended for this purpose. You can set ANSITerm to load
XYZ from the ramdisk.
Menu Bars
To select a menu, click on the title. To make it go away, click
on the title again, outside of the window or on another title.
Auto DIALer Menu
To select a slot that has not been selected, click anywhere on the
line except for the field which says DIAL.
To insert a one-second pause in any editing fields sent to the modem,
press [F10]. This works for all macros. To insert a pause into
the phone number, most modems require a comma.
|DIAL|
If you click on DIAL on any line which has not been tagged for
group dial, that slot will immediately be selected, the dialer
will go away, and the telephone number listed in that
slot will be dialed. If that slot has been tagged for group
dial, the dial cycle will begin.
|J| (group dial)
If you click in the small field between DIAL and the name field
of a selected slot, that field will be tagged for group dial. If
you click in that field again, the slot will be untagged.
|BBS Name |
The next field to the right is the name field. Click here to
edit. Left and right arrow keys move the edit cursor left and
right. Delete removes the character that the cursor is on and
moves all characters to the right left to fill in the space.
Backspace deletes the character to the left of the cursor and
moves all characters at the right of the cursor to fill in the
space.
|I|
Initialize string. This allows a string containing optional
modem commands to be sent to the modem before the command to
dial is sent.
|Phone number|
To the right is the phone number field. Click here to edit the
phone number as you would for the name field.
| Baud|
Click here repeatedly until the baud rate you want is displayed.
The baud rate numbers have been shortened to provide greater space,
and the numbers are the baud rate divided by one hundred.
|Options |
Each column of this field corresponds directly to an option in the
options menu, essentially the same order. They are also listed
in the help menu. The meanings of the symbols are listed with
the OPTN menu information in this manual and below:
W: End of line wrap B: Destructive back space
E: Local Echo A: Application mode
R: Cursor Application mode N: New line and line feed mode
G: IBM Extended Character Graphics Set
L: Enable blink
ZYKXC: Transfer protocol
Z: Z-modem
Y: Y-modem (batch)
K: X-modem 1k
X: X-modem (standard)
C: X-modem checksum
C: Capture enable F: Filter ANSI codes
Y: Type-ahead buffer
| F1: | F2: | F3: | Macros
There are 3 44-character macros for each slot in the dial menu.
To edit one, select a slot, and click on the macro you want to
edit. Edit as you would for the BBS name. A return character is
NOT automatically transmitted at the end of the macro, so you must
put one in manually, by pressing the Enter key on the numeric
keypad. In fact, any non-printing character (<ESC>, LF, FF, etc.)
can be entered into the macro editing field and transmitted as part
of the macro. To transmit the macro while on-line, press the
function key corresponding to the macro you wish to send. To send
a one second pause, press F10 in the editing field where the pause
is needed.
Options (OPTN) Menu
End of line wrap
With this option off, any character printed at the right most
column will overwrite any character at that position without
wrapping to the next line.
Destructive backspace
When this mode is on, if a backspace character is received,
the cursor will back up one column and erase any character at
that position. If this is not selected, the cursor will back
up on column, but not erase any character there.
Local Echo
When this option is selected, any keys that you press will be
automatically displayed on the screen as well as transmitted.
(half duplex mode)
Application mode
If this mode is on, the keys on the numeric keypad will send
ANSI escape sequences instead of the characters which appear
on the keytops.
Cursor key application mode
The cursor keys normally send ANSI escape sequences to the
modem when pressed. If this option has been selected, a
different set of escape sequences will be transmitted by
the same keys.
New-line and line feed mode
If this option is selected, linefeed implies both return and
linefeed, and the return key sends both return and linefeed.
IBM Extended Character Graphics Set
If this mode is on, any characters with a value greater than
127 will cause graphics characters to be displayed. If this
mode is off, a