----------------------------- TMTerm v1.10 for GNO/ME 2.0.4 ----------------------------- -What's this? TMTerm is an NDA which only runs under GNO (it now sanely handles not finding the kernal to chat with however) and gives you a GNO GSH console in a window on your GS. It supports full industry-standard DEC VT100 emulation, including boldface and underline. -Yeah, yeah, I use 1.0, what's new? o Let's go wild! You can now change the colors of TMTerm to be anything you like. This includes background and boldface color combinations. To get this, copy the included tmtermrc file into /etc/ and edit away. Instructions are contained in the file itself. o Certain control-key sequences that were formerly eaten no longer are. o The tty is now part of the window title, so you can easily track which TMT is which. o TMT now correctly sets up (via PushVariables) so you can have multiple environments. o TMT now registers it's ttys with initd and uses login to log you in on that tty. This is essential for proper user tracking in a multiuser system. If initd is missing, TMT still will crank up the old way just fine. When you close the TMTerm window, TMT will automatically unregister it's tty and kill off the GSH process that was running in it. o If the GNO kernal cannot be found, TMT now instructs you on how to buy GNO. -What's it good for? With copycat and rz/sz, it becomes a poor man's VT100 terminal program. Plus, with GNO's vi, you can edit and compile in a window with TMTerm. Just like Orca's PRIZM, only it doesn't crash *wink*. -In a window? Wouldn't that be slow? Nope. Every effort has been made to make TMTerm as fast as possible. In most cases, it runs about as fast as the popular ANSITerm, because TMTerm has more intelligent jump-scrolling. TMTerm is plenty fast for normal activties such as news reading, editing, IRCing, and more at speeds of 19200 baud and better. -Can I have more than one? Sure! Duplicate the file after installation up to 16 times (most people only need 2 or 3). Then you can open them all at once and they'll happily co-exist on GNO's PTYs. Note that in order to do this properly, you must be running the 2.0.2 or later GNO kernal (with this release, 2.0.4 or later is highly recommended). -How do I install? Copy TMTerm into your */system/desk.accs/ folder like any other NDA, or use IR, Font/DA Installer, or another such program to load it dynamically. It's easy. Then reboot the system if you installed normally (this is highly recommended) and use it like any other NDA. You'll probably want to type: set term vt100 as soon as a prompt comes up. Phillip Vandry's login trix to force it don't seem to work (arrgh!). -What shouldn't I do? Flood TMTerm with huge amounts of data via serial, such as a '/list' in IRC, or a large 'cat' from Unix. -Any tips for the most fun? Use TMTerm with desktop apps which do a COP $7F on null events (don't worry if that makes no sense; this means to use DRWM 1.30 or later or TMWM 0.50 or later). TMT was created while listening to the following CDs. If you're superstitious (and who isn't about computers?) you might want to use it while listening to the same so it feels more comfortable. Alice In Chains: Facelift, Dirt, Jar of Flies The Breeders: Last Splash Rush: 2112, A Show of Hands, Presto, Counterparts How do I contact you to send money/women/cars? E-Mail me at irsman@iastate.edu or IRSMan on America Online. - Don't the lawyer-types want a say in this? TMTerm is copyright (c) 1993-94 Ian Schmidt, dba Cygnix Development, Ltd. All Rights Reserved in the US and internationally under the Berne Convention. Free distribution is encouraged, as long as no alterations are made to either TMTerm or this documentation file, and this file is included with TMTerm. - Nothing can develop in a vacuum, so who's your atmosphere? VT100 code provided courtesy of Jawaid Bazyar and Procyon, Inc. Information and sample code on talking to that wild and wooly creature known as initd provided by Phillip Vandry. PTY and debugging assistance by Derek Taubert, without whom this would not have been possible. 1.0 Beta testing by Jawaid Bazyar, James Brookes, Frank Lin, James Sanford, Derek Taubert, and Dave Huang. 1.1 Beta testing by Ian Schmidt, Jerry Cantrell, Alex Lifeson, and Kim Deal.