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Re: BREAK in freevt3k
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Frank McConnell <[log in to unmask]>
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Frank McConnell <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:46:59 -0700
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On Apr 19, 2021, at 7:53, James B. Byrne wrote:
> Freevt3k's default BREAK (<ctrl-@) actually works exactly as the BREAK key is
> expected.  That removes one piece of ignorance on my part.
> 
> I did uncover an anomaly when another character is passed as the BREAK
> character via the freevt3k command line -C option.
> 
> An example:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/freevt3k -C 120 -vt100 192.168.102  # decimal 120 = f9

Uh, decimal 120 is (lowercase) x.

Which I suspect explains:

> There is one other quirk to this.  Once one BREAKs out of a program using the
> combination of f9 followed by EX then the X key is no longer recognized, even
> following an ABORT or RESUME.

Even better, the ctrl-@ (NUL) break does NOT work from xhpterm.

Not that I think you’re using xhpterm, but I want to use it.

-Frank McConnell
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