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tschak909 / platotermamiga

PLATOTerm for the Commodore-Amiga
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Auto dialer with custom dial string. #24

Open catallo opened 5 years ago

catallo commented 5 years ago

How about an auto dial function with with configurable dial string? :)

(Assuming that entering the AT command is not part of the original PLATO experience, I don't know because I never had the chance to use a PLATO terminal.)

polluks commented 5 years ago

How about an ARexx interface for scripting? Maybe later...

catallo commented 5 years ago

Not sure how an ARexx interface would be helpful here ... unless this was a joke?

tschak909 commented 5 years ago

well i mean, you could use it to send stuff to PLATO. I'm not against anyone ADDING features if they find a useful thing for it.. I mean, right now it's possible to cut to the clipboard in both text and graphics (and pasting is on my list to implement)

-Thom

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Not sure how an ARexx interface would be helpful here ... unless this was a joke?

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catallo commented 5 years ago

Honestly I'm not sure if anyone would use ARexx with that kind of app ... but maybe that was polluck's way to communicate that he doesn't consider a dial string an important feature. :)

I was thinking about how to make this more accessible from a user's perspective and the one thing that came to my mind was a virtual keyboard, maybe at the bottom right on the screen, showing those special keys from the PLATO keyboard. It would be great if you could just click on them instead of having to remember those keyboard shortcuts. Just thinking out loud here ...

tschak909 commented 5 years ago

yes, it can be done, the window is rendered as a gadget, which can be split up and acted upon. -Thom

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Honestly I'm not sure if anyone would use ARexx with that kind of app ... but maybe that was polluck's way to communicate that he doesn't consider a dial string an important feature. :)

I was thinking about how to make this more accessible from a user's perspective and the one thing that came to my mind was a virtual keyboard, maybe at the bottom right on the screen, showing those special keys from the PLATO keyboard. It would be great if you could just click on them instead of having to remember those keyboard shortcuts. Just thinking out loud here ...

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polluks commented 5 years ago

@catallo Most terminal apps have a scripting feature, something like address PLATOTERM.1 "send ATDTIRATA.ONLINE:8005".

lastebil commented 5 years ago

Put me down for the arexx interface as well.

(With the telser.device, you can just type atdt irata.online:8005 and it would connect - if it wasn't thinking there was no carrier (: So there essentially is a custom dial string already, though people who are not used to typing AT commands and seeing responses would likely benefit from having it as a menu option.)

tschak909 commented 5 years ago

is it possible to add AREXX support and still be 1.3 compatible? -Thom

polluks commented 5 years ago

@tschak909 Indeed, ARexx itself does not use 2.0 features.