Announcing Kermit 95 1.1.17
Frank da Cruz
Kermit 95 1.1.17 for Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and OS/2 is now available as
a patch to earlier K95 versions:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html <-- Kermit 95 Website
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95patch.html <-- 1.1.17 Patch
New features:
. New Second Edition of the Kermit 95 manual in HTML rather than printed
. PCTERM keyboard capability added
. Ability to switch active keyboard and input mode (e.g. US / Hebrew)
. LOTS of new code pages for Euro readiness
. Scrollback and Mark-mode status now shown in Title bar
. XMODEM-CRC file-transfer protocol
. Date conversion functions, including Julian date
. Telephone number testing and conversion functions
. New DEC Kverbs for PC keyboard on VT520
. Kerberos SET AUTHENTICATION {K4, K5} SERVICE-NAME <name>
. SHOW TERMINAL and SHOW CHARACTER-SETS reorganized and improved
Crashes Fixed:
. Dialer crashes when TMP or TEMP environment variable has bad value
. K95 crash if serial connection hung up during XYZMODEM transfer
Networking Fixes:
. Various fixes to Kerberos, SRP, etc.
. Certain obscure problems with IP domain name resolution
. Problems with TES32 worked around
. OS/2 TCP/IP problems corrected
Script Programming Fixes:
. \fword(), \frindex() had off-by-1 errors
. Value of retun code from END statement was inaccessible
. Limit on macro definition length was smaller than advertised
. Certain extraneous warning messages when parsing a switch
. LOOKUP command did not report FAILURE
. REMOTE command did not report FAILURE
. PAUSE always reported FAILURE
. The \v(os...) variables were wrong in OS/2
RUN command interfered with screen updates in a script
. Problems parsing SET TERM ESCAPE-CHARACTER
Command Interface Fixes:
. Inability to include backslash at the end of a key definition
. Beeping dead keys in NT
. Incorrect interpretation of dead keys in K95 Command screen in NT
. Occasional "dead keyboard" after clicking on a URL
Terminal Emulation Fixes:
. Broken Scroll Up/Down in HFT, AIXTERM, SCOANSI, and AT386.
. Wyse60 emulation character-set bank switching and assignment
. SCOANSI/AT386 attribute reset
. Minor problems in QANSI emulation
. Alt-. and Alt-; in Word Perfect Keyboard mode
. Missing ISO 2022 character-set sequences in some ANSI X3.64 emulations
. Missing restore default fore/background color escape sequences
. Bad cursor positioning with double-width characters
File Transfer Fixes:
. Illegal switch combinations on GET/REGET commands no longer allowed
. Problems with file transfer recovery versus filename pattern match
. K95 server's response REMOTE HELP contained some extraneous characters
Miscellaneous Fixes:
. 10-digit dialing procedure omitted the area code
. PDIAL misapplied dialing rules
. SET BELL VISIBLE didn't work reliably
. Various minor problems with code pages in Windows 95
. Problems with TELNET.EXE/RLOGIN.EXE finding K95.EXE if spaces in pathname
The new manual is completely up to date with this new version of Kermit 95,
and replaces the original "Kermit 95" booklet as well as many text files from
the DOCS directory and elsewhere. It is now an HTML document that you can
read and navigate with your browser, extensively illustrated, cross-linked,
and indexed. It doesn't use any HTML features past 1.0, so it can be read
with any browser at all. Because of the inclusion of the new manual, the
1.1.17 patch is rather large (about 1.7MB for the Wintel version).
From now on, Kermit 95 shrink wraps, bulk licenses, and academic site licenses
will be distributed on CDROM rather than diskettes. (Anyone who buys a
shrinkwrapped copy and finds it contains an earlier release can, of course,
patch up to the current release).
Please send reports of any difficulty with the patches by email to:
- Jeff & Frank