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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Getting Started ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- TelnetPM is an ASCII based Telnet client for Presentation manager.
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- TelnetPM can emulate one of these terminals:
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- o VT220
- o VT100
- o ANSI
- o NVT
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- Related Topics:
- Menu Bar
- Opening a remote host
- TelnetPM Command Line Syntax
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Menu Bar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Menu Bar to access all of the functions available in TelnetPM
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- Related Topics:
- Session Menu
- Edit Menu
- Commands Menu
- Options Menu
- Help Menu
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. TelnetPM Command Line Syntax ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The telnetpm command accepts the following parameters:
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- o -c codepage
- o -d filename
- o -e envirnonment
- o -f configfile
- o -h height
- o -k keyboard
- o -l filename
- o -o printer_port
- o -p port
- o -t termtype
- o -w width
- o hostname
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- These options can be entered in any order.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Opening a Remote Host ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Open menu item on the Session menu to open a connection to a remote
- host.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for Session ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Session menu to open remote host, logoff a remote host, or quit
- TelnetPM.
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- Related Topics:
- Open
- Logoff
- Quit
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Open menu item to connect to a remote host.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Logoff ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Logoff menu item to logoff a remote host.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Quit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Quit menu item to end the TelnetPM application.
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- Note: This does not log you off of the remote host.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for Edit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Edit menu to copy text between TelnetPM and the OS/2 clipboard.
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- Related Topics:
- Copy
- Paste
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Copy menu item in conjunction with your mouse to copy text from your
- emulator window to the OS/2 clipboard:
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- 1. Move the mouse pointer to an area of text in the emulator window.
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- 2. Press and hold mouse button 1.
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- 3. While holding down mouse button 1, move the mouse pointer to draw a box
- around the text to be copied.
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- 4. Release the mouse button.
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- 5. Click on the Copy item of the Edit pull-down menu choice.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Paste ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Paste menu item in conjunction with your mouse to paste text from the
- OS/2 clipboard:
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- 1. Move the mouse pointer to the area of the emulator window where you want to
- paste the copied text and click.
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- 2. Select the Paste item from the pull-down Edit menu.
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- The copied text is sent to the remote host with a carriage return following
- each line.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Commands menu to send a Telnet session command to the remote host.
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- Related Topics:
- Abort Output
- Are You There
- Break
- Interrupt Process
- Suspend
- Synch
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Abort Output ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Abort Output menu item to request that the host stop sending output.
- Data from the host is not displayed until the host acknowledges that the abort
- has been processed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Are You There ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Are You There menu item to request that the host respond with a message
- if it is still connected and active.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Break ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Break menu item to send the equivalent of a break key for those hosts
- that may expect or respond to a break key.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Interrupt Process ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Interrupt Process menu item to request that the remote host end the
- current process abnormally.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Suspend ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Suspend menu item to request that the remote host suspend the current
- process.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Synch ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Synch menu item to send a request to the host to discard data that it
- has received but not yet processed.
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- For example, you can use this command to cancel the Paste function.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Options menu to alter and save values that govern a TelnetPM session.
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- Related Topics:
- Backspace
- CRLF
- Cursor
- Debug
- Fonts
- Line Mode Simulation
- Local Echo
- Log
- Save Options
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Backspace ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Backspace submenu to send an ASCII backspace to the host. Backspace is
- the default, but this can be toggled to become an ASCII delete.
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- Related Topics:
- Backspace
- Delete
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Backspace ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Backspace menu item to send an ASCII backspace to the host. The default
- is Backspace, but this can be toggled to become an ASCII delete.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Delete menu item to send an ASCII delete to the host.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for CRLF ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the CRLF submenu to toggle between using the carriage return key as a
- carriage return followed by a null (CR, the default) and a carriage return line
- feed (CRLF).
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- Related Topics:
- CR
- CRLF
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for CR ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the CR menu item to specify that a carriage return sends a carriage return
- followed by a null character.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for CRLF ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the CRLF menu item to specify that a carriage return sends a carriage
- return followed by a line feed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Cursor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- You can use the Options menu to alter the way the cursor is displayed during
- your TelnetPM session.
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- Your cursor can be defined as:
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- o Character
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- Underscore... (Default)
- Solid box...
- Frame box...
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- o Blink
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- Blink on... (Default)
- Blink off...
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- o Intensity
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- Normal... (Default)
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Underscore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display an underscore cursor:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Underscore option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Solid box...
- Frame box...
- Blink on...
- Blink off...
- Normal...
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Solid box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display a solid box cursor:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Solid box option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Underscore...
- Frame box...
- Blink on...
- Blink off...
- Normal...
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Frame box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display a frame box cursor:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Frame box option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Underscore...
- Solid box...
- Blink on...
- Blink off...
- Normal...
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Blink on ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display a blinking cursor:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Blink on option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Underscore...
- Solid box...
- Frame box...
- Blink off...
- Normal...
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Blink off ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display a non-blinking cursor for your session:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Blink off option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Underscore...
- Solid box...
- Frame box...
- Blink on...
- Normal...
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Normal ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display a normal intensity cursor for your session:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Normal option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Underscore...
- Solid box...
- Frame box...
- Blink on...
- Blink off...
- Dim...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Dim ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To dim cursor intensity for your session:
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- 1. Select (using mouse button 1 to click on the field) Options from the menu
- bar.
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- 2. Select the Cursor option.
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- (The current default is indicated by a checkmark to the left of the option
- on the drop-down menu.)
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- 3. Select the Dim option.
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- Related Topics:
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- Underscore...
- Solid box...
- Frame box...
- Blink on...
- Blink off...
- Normal...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Debug ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Debug menu item to specify that all network traffic be written to a
- selected log file in hexadecimal and ASCII format.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Fonts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Fonts menu item to choose an alternate font for the Telnet window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Line Mode Simulation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Line Mode Simulation menu item to edit full lines of input and send
- them to the host simultaneously. An entry field appears below the session
- window for this purpose. The last ten lines sent in Line-mode simulation are
- automatically saved so that they can be sent again.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Local Echo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Local Echo menu item to toggle the display input on your emulator
- window as well as on the remote host. The default is on.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Log ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Log menu item to log system information.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Save Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Save Options menu item to save the options you selected in this
- session.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- TelnetPM Key definitions
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- Key Use
- ALT Activates the menu bar.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Help menu to obtain help for TelnetPM.
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- Related Topics:
- Help Index
- General Help
- Using Help
- Keys Help
- Product Information
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Help Index menu item to see the TelnetPM help index.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for General Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the General Help menu item to see the main help panel for TelnetPM.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Using Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Using Help menu item to get help for using the help facility.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Keys Help menu item to see TelnetPM key definitions.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use the Product Information menu item to see TelnetPM product information.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The open window accepts user entry for a connection to a remote host.
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- See Help for Open Window for more information.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Open Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Field Use
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- Host name Host name is entered by the user. This field defaults to empty
- and must be entered by the user.
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- Port TelnetPM port can be entered. Defaults to 23.
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- Emulator VT220, VT100, ANSI and NVT are selectable. Defaults to VT220
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- Size H The number of screen rows can be entered, defaults to 24.
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- Size W The number of screen columns can be entered, defaults to 80.
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- OK Process information and initiate host open.
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- Cancel Dismisses Open Window without initiating a host open.
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- Default The DEFAULT button sets the all fields to the default values.
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- Help Displays this help panel.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Help for Font Selection Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The TelnetPM font is user selectable. The current font is the default in the
- drop down entry field. Only fixed width fonts are available for selection.
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- To change the current font:
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- 1. Press the down arrow on the entry field to view font names
- 2. Highlight the desired font.
- 3. Press OK to have TelnetPM use the highlighted font.
- 4. Press CANCEL to dismiss the font selection window without changing the
- current font.
- 5. Press help to display this help panel.
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