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| robert.rozee Guru  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2428 |
 alt keys only register on being released, and don't auto-repeat.am glad that fixed it! cheers, rob :-) |
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| toml_12953 Guru Joined: 13/02/2015 Location: United StatesPosts: 424 |
Alt keys 1 - 4 don't do anything at all on my system before or after being released. |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2428 |
you have connected to something, by right-clicking and selecting "CONNECT" from menu that appears? 'VT' codes are supported. you should be using the download version with "A" after the date code: as this fixes a problem with certain (high-numbered?) comm ports immediately disconnecting. just checked - you are trying to connect to a CMM2? the CMM2's editor uses some escape sequences and features that GFXterm does not support. cheers, rob :-) |
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palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1982 |
Downloaded to the laptop, still gives a warning but I just click 'Run Anyway" All OK. Edit... When this is final can we have a (80,43) version. Edited 2021-10-04 15:48 by palcal "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| toml_12953 Guru Joined: 13/02/2015 Location: United StatesPosts: 424 |
The escape sequences used by the CMM2 are part of the VT100 set. We know this since TeraTerm works fine with it and hasn't been modified for the CMM2 in any way. If GFXTerm supports the entire VT100 command set, then it should work OK but it doesn't. I still don't know why Alt-1 through 4 don't work, though. |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2428 |
Teraterm emulates a number of different standards, covering dozens of different terminals, and thousands of different escape sequences, including: ECMA-48 AIXterm Xterm VT100 to VT340 (and VT525) TEK4010 the authors of Teraterm have literally scoured the web, collecting up enormous lists of escape sequences that have been compiled over the last 50 years, and - wherever they can - added support for those escape sequences to Teraterm. GFXterm has been written to support the MicroMite family. it supports just the few dozen escape sequences used by the MMbasic editor, this set based upon VT102, VT2xx (mouse), and a 16-entry colour palette (VT525). the complete list of supported escape sequences fits on two sides of an A4 sheet of paper with space to spare: Partial VT220 Command Set.pdf when the CMM2 code was ported, several non-VT escape sequences were used that GFXterm does not (and can not) support. i'm afraid that i have no control over this. as for the modem control lines (pressing alt-1 to 4) this does not apply to the CMM2 as it uses a 16F1455 based or MCP2221 USB to serial bridge. lack of communications to/from the CMM2 will be due to some other cause. GFXterm certainly works with a 1455 USB to serial bridge (that ignores modem control lines), and has been extensively tested with one. it should talk to a CMM2 without issue, however the editor will not be usable unless you can persuade the CMM2's editor to accommodate an 80x24 terminal screen. cheers, rob :-) |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7830 |
Useful list. I'll check my VT100 library against it. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10201 |
As far as I can see there is only one critical sequence that the CMM2 uses that would need to be supported. <esc>[8;h;wt This sets the resolution of the terminal to match the CMM2 video character resolution for the font in use (h=height, w=width e.g. <esc>[8;40;132t ) - essential for the editor to work the same on both the terminal and the screen. It is supported by both teraterm and putty (at least on windows) Edited 2021-10-04 20:57 by matherp |
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| robert.rozee Guru Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 2428 |
especially for palcal :-) GFXtermW32 (2021-10-08) 80x43.zip GFXtermW32 (2021-10-08).zip GFXterm source (2021-10-08).zip this fixes: ctrl-space was inserting a space character, as well as the intended function of connecting/disconnecting. the space character is now suppressed. ctrl-G now produces a system beep. not enabling it was an oversight. 'unknown' error messages 101 to 106 now mapped to meaningful messages. a couple of small errors in the serial thread code fixed. note 1: when connecting to a pico, you still need to press alt-1 to assert DTR. note 2: this is the exact same source code as GFXterm for linux32/64 and RPi. request: please try to break it. try unplugging the USB cable while connected and see what happens. try outputting excessive quantities of text. run 'Task Manager' and see what the CPU load is - in particular while running the included test program "GFX demo 3.bas". this demo sucks up 45% of the available computrons on my XP VM, does it do as badly on a real windows machine? i'm keen to hear of successes, failures, and in particular the CPU load reported by Task Manager. cheers, rob :-) |
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