Cut and Paste problem

[Alan S. Dobkin]

Sorry for the slightly off-topic post, but this is just an FYI for Bob (and
anyone else who still uses NCSA Telnet).  If you like NCSA Telnet, you will
probably love BetterTelnet:

http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/mac/telnet/

Excerpt from the web page:

> What is BetterTelnet? 
> 
> BetterTelnet for Mac OS is a significantly enhanced version of NCSA
> Telnet 2.7b5. It is just as flexible to configure, but adds more
> features, tons of bug fixes for true stability, and many new options.
> 
> Best of all, BetterTelnet is free software, and the source code is
> reusable under the GNU General Public License (GPL)!

As for the original NCSA Telnet, it officially died about 4.5 years ago :

ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Telnet/Mac/Telnet2.7/README

> 1/1/95
> 
> As many of you have heard, NCSA Telnet is no longer funded as a project.
> There will be no more versions.  2.7b4 is the last.  I have uploaded the
> source to this version (the source is called 2.7b5 because that is what
> it was going to  be) into the 2.7b4 folder.
> 
>					 -Clint
>					 cpopetz "at" ncsa.uiuc.edu

Alan

--On Thursday, June 03, 1999, 11:39 AM -0500 Bob Gustafson <bobgus "at" mcs.com>
wrote:

> To extend the plea for cut'nPaste:
> 
> I have used VNC from time to time (Mac 840av to Linux box) and it is
> interesting, but my 'Unix window of choice' on the Mac is NCSA Telnet
> 2.7b4.
> 
> Telnet is not X windows of course, but I spend most of my time editing
> code and the NCSA Telnet features list (full cut&paste, Print Selection,
> and imbedded ftp server) keeps me stuck on NCSA Telnet.
> 
> The NCSA Telnet code is public domain - I would find VNC quite compelling
> if those features would find their way into VNC.
> 
> Bob Gustafson
> 
> 
>> Quentin Stafford-Fraser writes:
>> > Bedros Geyoghlian wrote:
>> > > What I can't do is copy text
>> > > from a VNC xterm and paste it in another Windows app.
>> > 
>> > Did you read the FAQ item on this?
>> > 
>> 
>> Hmm, actually, I did (I'm not Bedros tho :) and even trying xcutsel
>> didn't work :( Copying into VNC is not a problem tho -- but copying
>> from VNC (xterm or emacs) is not happening.
>> 
>> Also, one thing I'd love to see in the next edition is that VNC
>> remembers that I need the mouse buttons swapped (or even better,
>> emulate the third button with a simultaneous keypress, as pressing
>> both keys on a touchpad is impossible!) and that I also like a full
>> screen display (without giving me a dialog about it every time).
>> 
>> *:)
>> 
>> Having said that -- VNC is great. Thanks for making it!
>> 
>> 1i
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