Odd behavior through the server

[Kirt Olson (CITS)]

When using PINE through the new modem pool and server, I observe the
following odd behavior:

The command to set the mark for cutting text must be issued twice
before taking effect. This only occurs through the new modem bank, not
through telnet from another ISP. This seems to have begun when the new
modem pool came into service.

--Kirt

[Glenn Cabler]

Are you refering to the ^K (control k) command while in compose mode? If so,
this works as it should on the new modem pools using all of my test dialup
systems.

What type of setup are you using (OS, modem, communications software, etc.)?

Glenn Cabler
Academic Computing

In article <Pine.GSO.3.96.980112194006.20572C-100000@helios> "Kirt Olson

[Kirt Olson (CITS)]

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Glenn Cabler wrote:

> Are you refering to the ^K (control k) command while in compose mode?

No.

In PINE/PICO the command to set a mark (to mark a block of text) is ^^
where the first '^' means ctrl and the second means the caret which is
the shifted 6 on most keyboards.

> If so, this works as it should on the new modem pools using all of
> my test dialup systems.

Works fine in this situation, too.

> What type of setup are you using (OS, modem, communications software, etc.)?

The behavior does not vary across the spectrum of such devices and
software I use, and never did. But I use only text-based terminal
emulators such as minicom on Linux or Procom on DOS so I am always
emulating VT100-like devices.

--Kirt

[Glenn Cabler]

Went to reply to your last post after confirming your find...but, found the
post had mysteriously vanished.

You are correct that the mark for cutting text (ctrl ^) must be issued twice
in pine/pico while connecting from the new modem pool. This behavior is
strange. Further investigation is warrented.

Thanks for reporting this observation...the bypass for this symptom is
rather simple, but the cause may affect other applications with more
severity.

Glenn Cabler
Academic Computing