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Re: Info-Atari16 Digest V87 #72

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From: ram-ashwin
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 02:33
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>   From:  Rodney <Peck@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA>
>   
>     The reason I have found for not scrolling the text in windows is that
>   the GEM system doesn't support text very well. ...
>     Anyway, uniterm, the vt52 emulator and others (not degas though)
>   completely ignore GEM ...
>     I don't know if anyone has actually tried to write code for a terminal
>   emulator in GEM, but if they could get a text-window management package
>   together that's speedy enough......

The WTERM terminal emulator runs in a window, giving you access to the menu
bar. I don't remember who wrote it.  I prefer UniTerm because I don't like
giving up even a little bit of the tiny ST screen to a menu bar, clock, etc.

-- Ashwin.
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