Subject: Re: pico: delete a block, paragraph etc..????

From: [email-masked] (David Swanger)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 20:31:09 GMT

[email-masked] wrote:
: Broddi Reyr Hansen ([email-masked]) wrote:

: : How can I delete a block of text with pico.  Aka I need to mark the text,
: : say few screen fills and then del it!!! 

: 	Place the cursor at the start of the block of text and press 
: Control-^(Control-6 on the IBM keyboard).  Then move the cursor to the 
: end of the block and press Control-K to cut the block of selected text.

This works fine if I use pine directly on a Sun workstation (in an xterm
window) or if I telnet to the Sun from a PC clone running various PC
communications programs.  *HOWEVER*, when I telnet to the Sun from a
Macintosh using NCSA telnet, emulating either a vt100 or a vt220 terminal,
when I try to enter Control-^, all that shows up on my screen is a "6". 
That's right, no "[ Mark Set ]".  I've also seen this with some different
Mac comm programs when dialing in with a modem and received the same
result. 

My guess is this is a problem with terminal emulation and really isn't
Pine's fault, but I am curious if anyone has seen this and has a
work-around? 

I would appreciate any help you can send me!

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David Swanger	University Computing	Auburn University, AL
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From: [email-masked] (AJDevoir)
Date: 2 Feb 1995 01:06:38 GMT

> : end of the block and press Control-K to cut the block of selected text.
[snip]
> when I try to enter Control-^, all that shows up on my screen is a "6". 
[snip]

I had the same problem at one time.  However with a little creative trial
and error, I found the sollution for it.  Hold the SHIFT key down in that
sequence (i.e.  CTRL-SHIFT-^).  That way it looks at the "^" instead of "6".

Good luck.

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Armand Devoir
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file://ns.southern.edu/people/ajdevoir/www/home.html

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From: Chip Old <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:31:40 -0500 (EST)

> Pine's fault, but I am curious if anyone has seen this and has a
 
Yes, it's a terminal emulation problem.  Some telecomm softare, 
regardless of platform, just doesn't emulate vt100 or vt102 as completely 
as it should.  If a normal control character doesn't work for you, 
substitute two escapes for the control key.  In other words, instead of 
Control-^, use Esc Esc ^.
 
For what it's worth, the best vt102 emulation currently available in Mac
telecomm software is provided by Microphone Pro.  It's pretty pricey, but
you can do almost anything with it.  VersaTerm Pro is also supposed to be
very good, but Ive never used it.  If money is a problem, I recommend the
$30 shareware Zterm (although it doesn't handle vt100/102 print commands
properly, so Pine's "y" print command prints to screen instead of to the
local printer). 

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