#: 14457 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    01-Mar-92  23:44:22
Sb: #Sterm
Fm: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762
To: All

I have a question about Sterm on the CoCo. I have just, for what seems like
about the thousandth time, accidentally dumped myself out of Compuserve by
hitting the BREAK key, without thinking, to abort an Sterm operation (in this
case opening a capture file). Now, BREAK is a good way to abort most operations
within CIS, but to have the same key, under slightly different circumstances,
abort Sterm itself is ... shall I say counterproductive (5 minutes ago I used a
much stronger word).

I don't have the source, but even if I did I don't understand C well enough to
track it down. Does this bother anyone else? If so, how much of a change is
involved to fix it? I have an uncomfortable feeling that the BREAK is being
handled by Shell rather than Sterm, but am certainly not sure. Suggestions?

Also, does anyone know how long it takes CIS to recognize that I have suddenly
disconnected and stop the meter running? (Actually, with the new flat rate I am
no longer even sure when the meter _does_ run, but that's another story).

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