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Due to popular demand in by early Beta testers the Rollback handling has
been significantly altered as of Beta.04.  A description of the changes
is listed below.  All users are urged to test the new Rollback modes and
return feedback to kermit@columbia.edu.

C-Kermit 5a(191) Betas may be retrieved via anonymous ftp from

	kermit.columbia.edu  /kermit/os2test/cko191.zip

Or from the Web at

	http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/cko191.html

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C-Kermit 5a(190) and earlier had a command SET TERMINAL ROLL { ON, OFF }.
This command was named after ability to have the terminal screen continue
to roll from the end of the buffer when new data was received.

As changes to the terminal emulator have been made this functionality has
appeared to be a bit outdated.  What was once a nice way of preventing the
screen from jumping to the end of the buffer while looking at something
from the past has itself become a serious nuisance.

Therefore, effective Beta.04 SET TERMINAL ROLL has been replaced by
SET TERMINAL ROLL-MODE { INSERT, OVERWRITE }.

In 5a(191) this is nothing that prevents you from interacting with the host
while viewing the scrollback buffer.  The only question is where do you
want new data from the host to be placed.  In INSERT mode, the data will be
placed at the end of the buffer just as if you weren't viewing the scrollback
buffer at all.

In OVERWRITE mode, the data will overwrite the current screen of the
scrollback buffer.  Just like the old SET TERMINAL ROLL OFF used to do.

In fact, ROLL OFF maps directly to ROLL-MODE OVERWRITE and ROLL ON maps
to ROLL-MODE INSERT.

The new default setting is ROLL-MODE INSERT instead of ROLL OFF.

Jeffrey Altman * PO Box 220415 * Great Neck, NY * 11022-0415 * (516) 466-5495
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  OS/2 version 5A(190): ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/archives/cko190.zip