On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I believe what I mean is that keyboard + display + serial
> communications software = (IMO) terminal emulator.
No - the keyboard and display could be a real terminal, nothing
emulated; it makes not difference to C-Kermit on UNIX.
> I plug it
> into the RS-232 DTE port just like a VT100; I type commands
> and receive output from the host just like a VT100.
> (Well, close to VT100 -- actually I set TERM=linux.) I agree
> that it's Linux and not Kermit that's implementing the escape
> sequences etc.
Exactly, so the terminal emulation (if any) is done by the kernel
(or xterm etc.), not by Kermit.
See what they (Kermit Project) say themselves:
<http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq-c-tep.html#faq-c-tep>
Klaus
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