Telnet allows you to customize many options including:
A profile lets you set a number of options for sessions with hosts you frequently access. When you create a profile, Telnet saves the information and adds the profile name to the Profile list and the Quick Connect list, letting you connect to the desired host with your preferred settings.
You can access profile options in the following ways:
Note
In an active session, you can not change sign on options (on the Sign On tab).
This section explains how to set up a new profile from the Connect dialog box.
To define a new profile for connecting to a remote host:
The Connect dialog box appears.
The Settings dialog box appears.
When you are done setting profile options, do one of the following:
The Sign On tab in Telnet lets you establish options for logging into the remote host. To set options for logging into the remote host:
The Sign On tab appears.
The VT tab lets you set options for VT terminal emulation. To set VT terminal emulation options:
The VT tab appears.
Check the Newline Mode check box to indicate that Telnet should send a carriage return/linefeed sequence when you press the Enter key. Clear this check box to indicate that Telnet should send only a carriage return when you press the Enter key.
Check the Local Echo check box to indicate that each character typed will be sent to the remote host as well as the display. Note that on some systems this causes the characters to display twice. To prevent Telnet from echoing characters to your terminal, clear the Local Echo check box.
Check the App (Application) Cursor Keys check box to generate application sequences instead of ANSI escape sequences when you press an arrow key. Clear the App Cursor Keys check box to generate standard ANSI escape sequences when you press an arrow key. Check this check box if the application you are using requires application sequences.
Check the Autowrap Mode check box to automatically wrap text to the left of the screen on the next line when it extends beyond the available number of columns, even though you have not received a carriage return/linefeed sequence from the host. Clear the Autowrap Mode check box to indicate that text should not automatically wrap to the next line when it exceeds the available number of columns. If you clear this check box and enter more characters than the width of the terminal screen supports, each overflowing character appears in the last column of the line as you enter it, replacing the previous character.
Check the App (Application) Keypad check box to generate escape sequences when you press keypad keys. Clear the App Keypad check box to generate numeric characters when you press keypad keys.
Check the Smooth Scroll check box to enable smooth scroll in the Telnet application window. Clear the Smooth Scroll check box to enable jump scrolling. Smooth scrolling scrolls your display one pixel at a time while jump scrolling scrolls your display one line at a time.
Note
The Disallow Smooth Scroll check box on the Display tab overrides this setting.
Check the Reverse Video check box to reverse the background and text colors set for this profile. Clear the Reverse Video check box to keep the background and text colors as defined in the Options tab for this profile.
Check the Lock UDKs check box to lock the key definitions so that the host cannot reprogram them.
Check the Writable Status check box to display the emulator's host writable status line at the bottom of the display.
Check the R -> L Cursor check box to have Telnet display the characters from right to left rather than left to right.
To set TN3270 terminal emulation options:
Check the Improved Null Processing check box to indicate that Telnet should treat nulls and blanks the same. Clear the Improved Null Processing check box to indicate that Telnet should treat nulls and blanks differently, as it would if you were using a true 3270 terminal which can detect the difference between a null and a blank.
Check the Auto Reset check box to reset the keyboard if it becomes locked due to a user input error.
To set TN5250 terminal emulation options:
To set display options for the current profile:
The Display tab appears.
The font you select is the font that is used for all normal ASCII and ISO-8859-1 (ANSI) characters.
It does not affect the fonts used for DEC Line Drawing, IBM APL, IBM Status lines, DEC Technical, and Hebrew fonts. These other fonts can be changed by adding a [Display] section to the MNTELNET.INI file, with the following items indicating the fonts:
Note
If any of the default fonts are not available, Courier New is used instead.
Note
If the window is maximized in Fixed mode, the size of the window adjusts to fit the size of the emulated terminal screen.
To determine which communication options should be negotiated between the local and remote hosts in Telnet sessions:
The Comm tab appears.
Note
For profiles using the rlogin protocol, you can set only Local Flow Control and X:Display.
Check the UNIX CR check box to use the 4.3BSD UNIX end-of-line specification, <CR><NULL>, instead of the standard end-of-line specification, <CR><LF>. This qualifier is useful when using TELNET to connect to 4.3BSD UNIX systems.
Check the Auto Flush check box if the TCP data buffer should be cleared after sending an Interrupt Process or Abort Output character.
Check the Timing Mark check box if the remote host requires a timing mark after it receives an Interrupt Process or Abort Output character.
Check the Binary Mode check box to indicate that Telnet should run in binary mode. Clear the Binary Mode check box to indicate that Telnet should not run in binary mode.
Check the No Negotiation check box to cause Telnet to wait for option negotiation. If this option is checked, Telnet does not initiate option negotiation, but does still use option negotiation if the remote host initiates option negotiation. Clear this check box to cause Telnet to initiate option negotiation.
Check the Strip Eighth Bit check box to remove the eighth bit from all characters sent from the host. Clear the Strip Eighth Bit check box to accept the eighth bit on all characters sent from the host.
Check the Local Echo check box to indicate that Telnet should send the same characters to your terminal that it sends to the host. To prevent Telnet from echoing characters to your terminal, clear the Local Echo check box.
Telnet lets you map your keyboard's keys so that your workstation more closely resembles a VT, TN3270, or TN5250 working environment. The following sections describe these topics:
to map keys for Telnet:
The Configure Keyboard Map dialog box appears.
The new key function appears on the key in the PC Extended Keyboard.
Modifier keys, such as Shift, Ctrl, and Alt, cannot be mapped individually. They must be mapped in conjunction with a non-modifier key (such as Alt-D).
Note
Certain keys, such as Esc, Tab, and F1 are used for specific Windows functions. Re-mapping a key that performs a Windows-specific function disables the Windows-specific functionality.
Note
The left and right shift keys are mapped individually.
To save a keyboard map for later use with the Telnet application:
The Save Keyboard Map dialog box appears so you can assign a unique name to the keyboard map.
Any keyboard maps you create appear in the Name drop- down list of the Configure Keyboard Map dialog box and the Keyboard Map drop-down list in the Display tab of the Settings dialog box.
Telnet lets you map a number of functions to one key so you can create keyboard macros.
To define multiple keystrokes or functions for one key:
The Define Key dialog box appears.
The selected function, value, or character appears in
the "This will be sent to the emulator" field
.
If the entries extend beyond the length of the emulator field, you can position the cursor in the field and use the left and right arrow keys to view the overflowing text.
To remove all entries from the emulator field, click the Clear button.
The newly mapped key now contains the label Mac
to
indicate it has been mapped as a macro.
To change an existing keyboard map stored in a Telnet profile:
Telnet maps the PC Extended Keyboard as indicated by the keyboard mapping file.
To remove an existing mapping, drag and drop the Eraser icon onto the key whose mapping you want to remove.
To delete a keyboard map stored in a Telnet profile:
A dialog box appears, asking you to confirm the deletion.
When you save a keyboard map, a file is created with a .KBD extension. To transfer this map to another machine or user, copy this file to the same directory where that version of Telnet is running from:
Telnet maps the PC Extended Keyboard as indicated by the keyboard mapping file.
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