CompuServe Messages

Hi Jim! This is being composed on-line, so please pardon any lack of cohesiveness. I want to make some suggestions for StarTerm 4.0 <grin> since I am having real problems with some of the things in StarTerm 3.01. Before I start, let me say that I think version 3 is *very* well done and I am using it at this very moment and intend to continue using it. Now: the things that bug me: 1. I don't like having to name the disk it's on "starterm". That makes it difficult to place on winchester unless I want to name my whole winchester volume "starterm" (which I don't!). What you should do is have it look for it's macro files etc. using a search path. ie: Look first in the current directory, then look for "St.Stuff" on the current disk, then look for "St.Stuff" on SYS: (which is the device booted from). When writing out the "star.dir" file go ahead and write it in the current directory, perhaps with a message telling the user to copy it to his "St.Stuff" directory if he wants it to be global. 2. CR/LF translation should be handled separately for display purposes and download purposes. On BIX, for instance, lines are delimited with a single CR, yet download files often have CR-LF termination. If I forget to set up Starterm *every* time I download, then I can't read the resulting file. If I *do* make the change, then lines overlap after the download is complete. 3. It would be nice to have set up info (baud rate, CR/LF handling, parity, etc) stored along with the phone number in the directory. That way, the act of dialing a service will automatically set up for that particular service.