termite.1

功能丰富的串口通讯程序

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.I Set range
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This field is very important. All global functions in the dialing directory
run in a range of entries. In order to set the range simply press enter
on this option and fill in the numbers, the first being the low value
and the second the high value, the range is whatever is in between these
two values.
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.I Ascending / Descending names
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These two options sort the range using the names of the systems as the 
key in the corresponding manners.
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.I Ascending / Descending numbers
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These two options sort the range using the numbers of the systems as the
key in the corresponding manners.
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.I Most connects
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This option sorts the range using the connects count as the key.
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.I Last called
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This option is currently unavailable.
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.I Comment 1 / Comment 2
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These options sort the range using the system's comment field as the key.
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.B Global
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The global option is initiated by pressing 'g' or 'G' and it allows you
to make global changes in a certain range (see sort).
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.I Set range
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Same as in sort menu (see above).
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.I Only tagged
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This toggle tells termite whether to make changes to the tagged entries or
to the whole directory. For more information about tags see the paragraph
in the beginning of the phonebook and dialing directory section.
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.I Find/Replace baud
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This option lets you replace certain bauds with new ones. I.e, you got a new
28.8k modem and you want to push all the bauds from 19200 to 38400.
After choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the baud to find
and then another one asking for the new baud which will replace the found
bauds.
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.I Change bauds
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This options lets you change the bauds of any range of systems. After 
choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the new baud and after
you choose the new baud the program will replace all the bauds in the range
with the new one.
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.I Change device
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This option allows you to change the device of any range of systems. After
choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the new device and
after you choose the new device the program will replace all the devices
in the range with the new one. I.e, you got another modem and now you want
all your systems to use it.
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.I Username
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This option allows you to change the username of any range of systems. After
choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the new username and
after you choose the new username the program will replace all the usernames
in the range with the new one. I.e, you got a new account in a network of
BBSs and you want all of them to use it.
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.I Colors
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This option allows you to change the color of any range of systems. After
choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the new color and
after you choose the new color the program will replace all the colors
in the range with the new one. I.e, you got bored of green and now you like
blue.
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.I Terminal
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This option allows you to change the terminal emulation of any range of 
systems. After choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the new 
terminal emulation and after you choose the new emulation the program will 
replace all the terminal emulations in the range with the new one. I.e, 
your favourite BBS network started working on AVATAR in addition to ANSI.
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.I Prefix / Suffix
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These options allow you to change the prefixes and suffixes of any range 
of systems. After choosing this option a menu will appear asking for the new 
prefix or suffix and after you choose the new prefix or suffix the program 
will replace all the prefixes or suffixes in the range with the new one. 
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.I Tag range
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This options allows you to tag a certain range so that you could easily
tag lots of entries without needing to go over each one of them manually.
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.I Tag all with password
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This option allows you to tag a range of systems that have the same password.
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.I Copy password
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This option allows you to copy a new password to a certain range without
needing to go over each entry manually.
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.I Clear costs / time / connects
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These options allow you to set the costs/time/connects to 0 and thus
start a new counting all over again.
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.B Save
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This option is initiated by pressing 'v' or 'V' and will save the current
phonebook to disk.
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.B Phonebook
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This options is initiated by pressing 'p' or 'P' and it lets you choose
a new phonebook while in the program. After pressing the key a file manager
will appear, choose the file you want as the new phonebook and press enter.
A menu will appear asking you to define whether the file is a Terminate
or Telix phonebook, not answering correctly will cause the program to crash.
More details on the file manager you can find in the uploading and 
downloading section.
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.B Default
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This options is initiated by pressing 'a' or 'A' and it changes the default
phonebook to the current one. You must save the configuration for this to
take effect.
.SH SCROLLBACK
The scrollback feature lets you view screens that have already scrolled past
the current screen. Inside the scrollback screen itself there are several
function keys. Pressing 't' or 'T' will start the tagger. For more 
information about the tagger read the section about it. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-I
will start the image saver, see the use section about the image saver.
Use the arrow keys to move up and down and you can also use pgup, pgdn,
home and end.
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.SH TAGGER
The tagger feature lets you "tag" files from the screen and put them in a
list for later use. To use the tagger press Ctrl-Alt-V and mark the files
you want. To mark a file just use the arrow keys and press space on the
file you want. If you want to resize the length of the tag-bar just use
home and end. Since most BBSs use DOS and have only 12 letters long file 
names, the tagger does not support longer names. To send the tagged files
press Ctrl-Alt-N. To move around in the tag sending screen use the arrow
keys and pgdn, pgup, home and end. In the left box you have several options, 
below is a list of all the options and what they do.
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.I Clear all
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Pressing 'c' or 'C' will clear all the entries in the list.
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.I Delete tagged
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Pressing 'd' or 'D' will delete all the tagged entries from the list.
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.I Add entry
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Pressing 'a' or 'A' will add a new entry which you will be able to edit
afterwards.
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.I Edit entry
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Pressing 'e' or 'E' will let you edit the current entry.
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.I Untag
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Pressing 'u' or 'U' will untag the current entry.
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.I Del remove
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Pressing the delete key will delete the current entry.
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.I Space tag
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Pressing space will tag the current entry.
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.I + Tag+13
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Pressing '+' will send the list of tagged tag-files to the modem seperating
them with ASCII 13 (\\r).
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.I - Tag+32
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Pressing '-' will send the list of tagged tag-files to the modem seperating
them with ASCII 32 which is space.
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.I Tagged
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This shows the number of files currently tagged.
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.SH UPLOADING AND DOWNLOADING
To upload press the pgup key. After doing so a menu will open and you
can choose from five different protocols. Choose the one you want by pressing
enter and a file manager will appear. To download use the pgdn key and
choose the protocol you want. If the protocol you chose needs a file name
to work a window with an edit line will appear asking you for a file name.
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.B File manager
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The file manager lets you choose the files you want to upload with great
ease. It has many options and is very easy to use. To navigate through
the directories and files simply use the arrow keys. The home, end, pgup and
pgdn keys are also available. Pressing 's' or 'S' will change the sorting
key from name to size to date and back. Pressing 't' or 'T' will open a
window asking you for an estimated cps of transfer and then it will calculate
the estimated time of transfer according to the total size of the tagged 
files and the given cps.
.SH MACROS
The macros are pre-configured strings that are attached to each of the
function keys, F1-F10. When you press one of these keys a string is sent to
the modem after being proccessed by termite. Termite recognizes a few 
symbols in the macros: 
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!P is replaced by the current active password. If you called through a 
dialer the password will be the password from the connected entry in the 
phonebook. 
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!S is the current username and is also obtained from the entry's information.
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^X is replaced by a single character of value X-65. I.e, if you wrote ^A
then it will be replaced by ASCII 0, because the value of 'A' is 65 and 
65-65=0. This is most useful if you need to make common strings like sending
your username followed by an enter (!S^M).
.SH CONFIGURATION
The configuration menu is a menu from which all of the configureable features
in termite can be configured in an easy and fast way.
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.B Colors
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The colors option opens a menu that allows you to configure virtually every
color in the program so that you can have the best combinations you can
make for yourself. Inisde the colors menu you have many options. Each
option corresponds to a different color of menus, hotkeys, windows and 
anything else in the program that uses colors.
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.I Information
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This option sets the color of all information windows. Information windows
are windows like the online warning window and error reporting windows.
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.I Information bold
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This option sets the text-color of the text inside information windows.
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.I Terminal
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This option sets the color of the terminal itself. By changing this color
you only change the default color on startup but after viewing ANSIs or
any other color emulation the color of the terminal will change.
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.I Status line
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This option sets the color of the status line which is the lowest line on
your screen at all times.
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.I Menus
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This option sets the color of all the menus in the program. Examples of menus
are the configuration menu and the color menu, etc.
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.I Menu title
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This option sets the color of the menu title, which is also known as the
headline. Changing this will affect all the menus in the program.
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.I Menu text
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This option sets the color of text written in menus.
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.I Menu text bold
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This option sets the color of bold text in menus. Bold text is basicly
the hotkey of menu options.
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.I Menu options
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This option sets the color of options in menus. The name does not really 
reflect the real meaning. The actual meaning is the text that shows values
in menus like the toggles option in the configuration menu.
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.I Edit
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This option sets the color of the editboxes. All edit boxes will use this
color to edit.
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.I Menu bar
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This option sets the color of the bar itself that is used to navigate through
menus.
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.I Phonebook text
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This option sets the color of the text written in the phonebook. By this
I mean the upper two lines and the lowest line.
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.I Phone bar
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This option sets the color of the bar in the phonebook and dialing directory.
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.I Help
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This option sets the color of the text in the help screen.
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.I Help bold
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This option sets the color of the bold text in the help screen. Bold text
is used to highlight the hotkeys for all the menus.
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.I Chat remote
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This option sets the color of the text in the remote window of the EMSI
chatter.
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.I Chat local
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This option sets the color of the text in the local windows of the EMSI
chatter.
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.B Status
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The status option allows you to configure the status line's default settings
and a few other general settings.
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.I Status start online
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This option sets the default setting to use as the section 1 of the status
line when carrier is detected. Read the section about status-line for 
more information.
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.I Status start offline
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