14-Jan-86 03:47:02-EST,1043;000000000001 Return-Path: Received: from WASHINGTON.ARPA by CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU with TCP; Tue 14 Jan 86 03:47:00-EST Date: Tue 14 Jan 86 00:45:43-PST From: Ronald Blanford Subject: MS-Kermit function keys To: dual!islenet!gibbons@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU cc: context@WASHINGTON.ARPA, cc.fdc@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU I rarely use MS-Kermit on the APC, so would feel better with input from you about a complaint that came to my attention recently. During connect mode the function keys don't operate as they should. When the key is pressed, the first of its programmed characters is sent, but the remainder wait until the next key is pressed. I looked at the code and believe this is because the scan code processing doesn't take soft keys into account. Of course one alternative is to use the built-in key programmability in Kermit to define the function keys, but it would be nice if the original way worked as well. What do you think it would take to fix the problem? -- Ron ------- 16-Jun-86 23:06:51-EDT,1216;000000000001 Mail-From: SY.CHRISTINE created at 16-Jun-86 23:06:50 Return-Path: <@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA:Howard_Chu@UMich-MTS.Mailnet> Received: from MIT-MULTICS.ARPA by CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU with TCP; Fri 13 Jun 86 05:14:51-EDT Received: from UMich-MTS.Mailnet by MIT-MULTICS.ARPA with Mailnet id <2696489469244692@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA>; 13 Jun 1986 04:51:09 edt Date: Fri, 13 Jun 86 00:22:12 EDT From: Howard_Chu%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA To: info-kermit@cu20b.columbia.edu Message-ID: <1342831@UMich-MTS.Mailnet> Subject: Bug in NEC APC Kermit 2.29 ReSent-Date: Mon 16 Jun 86 23:06:49-EDT ReSent-From: Christine M Gianone ReSent-To: sy.fdc@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU ReSent-Message-ID: <12215420122.271.SY.CHRISTINE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU> Program infinite loops while writing garbage when using help in connect mode. A fix for this problem follows: In file MSXAPC.ASM about line 1625 ... puthlp proc near cld mov dx,ax mov cl,0 <-- insert this line call getnoc This fixes a register convention error which apparently relied upon luck when working before. Usually CX is equal to zero when the routine is called. Glenn McGregor