Kermit 95 2.1.3

Dated: 1 January 2003
Released: 21 January 2003
Supersedes: Version 2.1.2 of 25 November 2002

[ ANNOUNCEMENT ] [ UPGRADE ]

Kermit 95 2.1.3 (1 January 2003) is a minor update to version 2.1.2 of 25 November 2002 with the following new features:

And the following problems fixed:

Version 2.1.3 features new "lockdown" features that allow system integrators to set up captive preconfigured sessions for their users, customers, or clients via the following GUI-related command-line options:

--nomenubar Do not include or display a menu bar (File, Edit, Actions, Help).
--notoolbar Do not include or display a tool bar (Dialer, Switch screens, Terminal Type, Font and Size, Character set).
--nostatusbar Do not include or display the GUI status bar at the bottom (Screen indicator, Locus indicator, Connection Indicator, Screen position, Screen dimensions).
--nobars All of the above.
--nopush Same as the NOPUSH command, prevents external command execution, including access to the K95 Dialer.
--noescape Command-line equivalent to SET TERM ESCAPE-CHARACTER DISABLE; nullifies the escape character and the \Kexit keyboard verb (Alt-X), thus blocking access to the Command screen.
--noscroll Disables scrollbars and scroll keyboard verbs, this preventing users from scrolling back to previous screens.
--lockdown Combines all of the above.
--maximize Start maximized (full screen); command-line equivalent to SET GUI WINDOW RUN-MODE MAXIMIZED.
--minimize Start minimized; command-line equivalent to SET GUI WINDOW RUN-MODE MINIMIZED.
--scalefont Scale font when changing window size; command-line equivalent to SET GUI WINDOW RESIZE-MODE SCALE-FONT. .
--changedim Change dimension (screen rows and columns) when changing window size; command-line equivalent to SET GUI WINDOW RESIZE-MODE CHANGE-DIMENSIONS.

The new commands of version 2.1.3 are:

NOSCROLL
Equivalent to --noscroll.

SET GUI WINDOW RESIZE-MODE NONE
This prevents the window from being resized without the use of the Alt or Ctrl keys in combination with the mouse.

SET TERMINAL CURSOR { FULL, HALF, UNDERLINE } [ { NOBLINK, ON, OFF } ]
Decouples cursor blink state from cursor style.

SET TERMINAL LINE-SPACING floating-point-number
Allows you to choose any line (row) spacing between 1 and 3, such as 1.5, 1.333, 2, etc.

Policy change:

The new command-line options are intended mainly for use in shortcuts and in procedures that make use of Kermit 95. The combination of --maximize and --scalefont gives a fullscreen terminal window of a fixed number of rows and columns.


Kermit 95 2.1.2

Released: 25 November 2002
Supersedes: Version 2.1 of 24 October 2002

Version 2.1.2 was released 25 November 2002 as a minor update to version 2.1. This is the version packaged in the K95 2.1 retail shrinkwrap.


Kermit 95 2.1

Released: 24 October 2002
Supersedes: Version 2.0 of 5 June 2002

[ ANNOUNCEMENT ]

K95 2.1 is a minor update of Version 2.0, whose purpose is to fix bugs reported since version 2.0 was released in June 2002 in preparation for shrinkwrapping. The main differences from 2.0 are in the following areas:

CLICK HERE for a more detailed list of changes.


Kermit 95 2.0

Released: 5-7 June 2002
Supersedes: Version 1.1.21 of 2 April 2002

[ ANNOUNCEMENT ]

Runs in a GUI Window
For the first time, K95 has all the GUI accoutrements: scrollbar, menubar, toolbar, maximize/restore, font selection, resize by mouse, etc. Details HERE. A console version is available too for those who prefer it.

Other new features of K95 2.0 include:

Version 2.0.1 (7 June 2002 14:00:00 -0500) corrects several minor bugs in version 2.0; see the Kermit 95 Bugs List, items 667-672.

Bugs discovered since version 2.0.1 was released are documented here: ftp://ftp.kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/k95/newbugs.txt.


Kermit 95 1.1.21

Released: 2 April 2002
Supersedes: Version 1.1.20 of 31 March 2000.

[ ANNOUNCEMENT ]

New features:

NEW CONNECTION METHODS

GENERAL

SECURITY

TERMINAL EMULATION

TCP/IP AND TELNET

UNICODE

FILE TRANSFER

MODEMS

DIALER

REMOTE ACCESS

DOCUMENTATION
Kermit 1.1.21 New Features List / The Kermit Project / Columbia University / 25 November 2002