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jman

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Posted: 10:51pm 06 Apr 2015

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Hi All

I am one those users that uses the built in editor most of the time.
But I now have a really annoying issue that is driving me insane.

While using the editor via TeraTerm if I scroll up, down, left, right,
page up or page down keys quickly over a few lines I get kicked out to what looks like the normal prompt but when I press enter I get an error as per the pic below
The up arrow seems to produce "[A" while the down arrow produces "[B"
sometimes I get the Save Y/N prompt in the editor pressing ESC makes it goway

Anybody got any ideas setting in TeraTerm somewhere ?
I have tried different serial ports with the same result

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Jman

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Posted: 10:55pm 06 Apr 2015

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Hi jman.

Is TT set to VT100 mode?

SETUP menu, then Terminal...

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Posted: 10:59pm 06 Apr 2015

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Hi
Yip settings are as below

Thanks
Jman

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Posted: 11:06pm 06 Apr 2015

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I don't have the coding boxes on my TT - what version are you using?

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Posted: 11:30pm 06 Apr 2015

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Posted: 11:37pm 06 Apr 2015

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jman,

MMB 4.5 manual states tx delay of 50mS - that might help.

Also, don't quite understand the screen dimensions show? Again, from the manual, use 80 x 36 (assuming MM, miniMM or CMM).

Cheers,
Doug.

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Posted: 11:42pm 06 Apr 2015

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I have v4.82 and it shows the same setup page as Jman. The latest is V4.86 from SEP 14.

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Posted: 11:46pm 06 Apr 2015

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You could try another terminal program - I don't really like TT for it's complexity, but it is a nice stable system that works.

Other terminal programs

Microchip Forums thread about terminal software Edited by Grogster 2015-04-08

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Posted: 11:56pm 06 Apr 2015

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panky said jman,

MMB 4.5 manual states tx delay of 50mS - that might help.

Also, don't quite understand the screen dimensions show? Again, from the manual, use 80 x 36 (assuming MM, miniMM or CMM).

Cheers,
Doug.

Well Bugger me
I set to 50mS and it is really BAD now set it to 2mS and it seems all good :)

Thanks for the help
Jman

EDIT: Still not perfect but better @ 2msEdited by jman 2015-04-08

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But.....50ms is the correct timing....

That's interesting.

However, if it works......

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Posted: 01:48am 07 Apr 2015

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It looks to be not understanding escape sequences, which to me suggests you should reduce the msec/char number.

For example, the sequence
ESC [ A
if sent slowly is 3 separate chars but quickly is one group - which is what you want.

JohnEdited by JohnS 2015-04-08

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Posted: 04:18am 07 Apr 2015

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The mSec/char entry in Tera Term should be zero. The reason is that MMBasic measures the delay between characters to determine if they are the result of an escape code or not. If the delay is too great MMBasic will decide that they are being typed by a human and treat them as normal text (which is what you are seeing on the screen in your examples).

This is mentioned somewhere in the manual... but so is a lot of other stuff therefore it is easy to miss a detail like this.

If you want to slow down the speed of transmission use the mSec/line entry in Tera Term.

I don't know if this is your issue but it is a good candidate.

Geoff

P.S. It is nice to hear from someone who appreciates the built in editor. I like it too - but then I am biased (not to take away from MMEdit which is great).

Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net

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Posted: 04:24am 07 Apr 2015

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The built-in editor is fantastic, and a really good selling point for the MM chip - that you can write the code and try it out instantly - just like the computers of old.

I too prefer MMEdit, but I still think the internal editor is a great feature, especially for newcomers to the platform.

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