Hello all

[brent harding]

I thought the only way to edit files effectiely through speech was directly
at the keyboard, but maybe my old shell account didn't support the terminal
type I was using, it often set things to dumb terminal type.
At 10:43 AM 7/5/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Generally, when editing files via the console port, I use kermit or hyper
>terminal.  You just have to make sure your TERM environment variable is set
>properly.  It works the same via telnet or a serial connection.
>
>I have big plans to get linux and speakup installed on my laptop.
>
>Terry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: brent harding [mailto:bharding at greenbaynet.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:47 PM
>To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>Subject: RE: Hello all
>
>
>So when you use hyperterminal or whatever, you can edit files without
>sending the character associated with the arrow key to the contents of a
>file? Cool. I can edit files just fine at the console, but not in the
>telnet program. I always thought there was keyboards and monitors at every
>machine just like machines we use at home, I suppose not having them
>increases security somewhat. The only way I'd think of editing the files is
>to run linux on that laptop, download the file by ftp, and change it and
>upload it back, but root can't log in to ftp to upload files in to the
>right directory.
>At 01:26 PM 6/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hey brent:
>>
>>Well, Williams provides me a laptop.  On my laptop, I am running (or trying
>>to run) windows.  I use both jfw and jfd.
>>
>>When my laptop  is docked, I have an ethernet connection to all the
>machines
>>I am responsible for.  I use telnet from my laptop to connect.
>>
>>When I am in the data center, I use a serial connection directly from my
>>laptop to the console port of the machine I am working on.  We do not put
>>keyboards or monitors on our equipment in the data center.  In fact, I
>don't
>>know any organization that does.
>>
>>It sounds like you were unable to edit a file properly because your TERM
>>environment variable was not set properly.  Generally, you should use
>vt100.
>>With ksh as your shell do:
>>
>>TERM=vt100
>>export TERM
>>
>>Note, "TERM" is in caps.
>>
>>Terry
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: brent harding [mailto:bharding at greenbaynet.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:02 PM
>>To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>>Subject: RE: Hello all
>>
>>
>>How do you access these type of systems with speech? Does speakup work on
>>those machines, or how do you edit files on those systems, because dos
>>communications programs don't edit remote files easily. I messed up my
>>shell account on my old provider because the arrow keys actually send weird
>>stuff to the file.
>>At 08:53 AM 6/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hey Jim:
>>>
>>>Thanks for the note on Bill being the person who built the redhat
>>>installation disks.  I plan to upgrade my home machine from 6.0 to 6.2
>this
>>>weekend by using speakup.  (Can't wait)!
>>>
>>>Actually, I am a senior systems analyst for Williams Communications group
>>>(wcg).  I primarily design and take care of large sun clusters running
>>>solaris.  We have some AIX and hpux equipment as well.
>>>
>>>Like you, I would not even consider installing redhat via ppp.
>>>
>>>Terry
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Jim Wantz [mailto:jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:55 PM
>>>To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca'
>>>Subject: RE: Hello all
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Terry,
>>>And I thought I'd been around UNIX for a long time, my first exposure was
>>>with SUN/OS around 1992.  By the way, Bill Acker is the ultimate authority
>>>on which disk names are what, because he built the Redhat ones.  Though
>>>I've been programming in C since about the mid 80s, I know nothing about
>>>kernel hacking or drivers.  I sure want to learn though!
>>>
>>> PPP would be a very tough go for installing Linux.  I'm not even sure I'd
>>>want to try it from my cable modem--but the time required on a 56K
>>>connection would be ridiculous.  Go with the CD!
>>>
>>>     Jim WB0TFK
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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