*** Note, if you want to use Authentication/Encryption, you'll need to
	FTP to ftp.cit.cornell.edu:/pub/mac/kdriver, and pick up the
	Kerberos software there. ****

***	I've included some KCHRs created by Matt Elliott to work around
	Apple's lack of a method for producing ctrl-@ or ctrl-^ with the
	standard KCHR ***

*** NCSA Telnet 2.6 _requires_ MacTCP! ***

NCSA Telnet 2.6 for the Macintosh release notes:

Here are some quick notes to get you up to speed with the new version of NCSA
Telnet.  We have implemented many interface changes to make Telnet easier to
use and configure.

As of this date (3/30/94), the documentation for version 2.6 is in beta stage and
may be FTP'd from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.  The final documentation will be uploaded
to the FTP server as soon as it is completed.  A list of known bugs is appended
to this file.

Much has changed in Telnet 2.6.  Here are a few quick notes to guide you
 through the new features and changes to existing features.

New Configuration Scheme:
	Telnet now requires no external configuration files
(i.e. config.tel and telpass/ftppass). All of the configuration options are
accessed via the "Preferences" heir menu under the Edit menu.  Following is a
brief description of each configuration dialog(s).

General Preferences Item:
	This item allows configuration of the preferences
that are global to the application. It is much like the old preferences item
in 2.5.  The major change being the button to select the creator type for
captured text files.

FTP Preferences Item:
	The major additions to the FTP server configuration are
as follows.  The FTP server now has three modes: Off, Anonymous (On, but no
passwords required), and Passwords (user login w/password required).  You can
set Telnet to open the FTP log window automatically on startup.  You can also
set the default creator type and filetype of files transfered in binary mode
to the Mac when Macbinary is off.  Selection of the creator type of text
files transfered when Macbinary is off is allowed as well.  If ISO
translation is on, the names of the files transfered via FTP will be
converted to or from the ISO text standard.

FTP Users Preferences Item:
	This dialog is the replacement of our dear
friend, Telpass.  From here you can set users logins, passwords and two other
options.  You can set the default directory that a user is put in when he/she
logs in to the FTP server.

*	A quick explanation of the theory behind the new configuration scheme for
*	hosts:  Each connection to a host is a "session".  Each "session" has
*	a preconfigured "terminal".  For instance, you most likely will have
*	two to four terminal configurations you use often.  One may by set up
*	for vi, with backspace being delete.  One may be set up for vi with 
*	backspace being backspace.  And the other two may be set up for EMACS
*	with backspace being in either configuration.  Thus, if for hosts you
*	often connect to that have backspace=delete.  You would set up a session
*	for each, selecting the appropriate terminal configuration and making up
*	a short alias for that host.  For the hosts that prefer backspace=
*	backspace, you would set those session configurations to use a different
*	preconfigured terminal.

*	The most important terminal and session configurations are "<Default>".
*	When you create a new terminal or session record, the parameters in
*	those records are initialized to whatever you have set up the "<Default>"
*	records to be.  The "<Default>" records may not be deleted.

Sessions Preferences Item: 
	Allows you to edit "sessions".  New options here include: inhibiting TEK
screens, setting up the "localkeys", setting the default paste method,
enabling the display of low level errors, a popup menu to select the terminal
record associated with this session, and a popup menu to select the default
translation method.  Paste now has two modes, "quick" and "block".  If quick
is selected, all of the text to be pasted is sent at once.  This is fine
for hosts "close" to you, but can possibly cause crashes if done to slow
responding hosts.  If block is selected, the text to be pasted is sent in
small packets of a size determined by you.

Terminals Preferences Item:
	Most of these options are self explanatory.
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Other changes to Telnet that aren't obvious:

The keyboard now works differently.  If you are on a MacPlus, and have
commandkeys off, the command key acts as control.  If you have command keys
on, you have no control key.

For machines with keyboards with control keys, here is how it works:
Command + Control + key = EMACS meta key + key (if turned on in Terminal
	config)
commandkeys only affects wheter or not command key shortcuts are recognized.

The option key is no longer used for keyboard input, but is still used as 
before with mouse input.  Telnet no longer changes the current system
KCHR.

TEK windows can be resized.  There is no grow icon in the lower right corner,
but trust us, it works.

If you hold down option, you can change the width and height of session windows.	
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This is the list of all Telnet bugs known to NCSA, feel free to mail us if you
find others:

Crashes:
o	Crash if window size is changed under low memory conditions
Interface:
o	Window positioning
o	Need to add blocksize pref
o	Telnet doesn't constrain saved window positions to available desktop
o	When switching to 132 columns, window's right edge should stay on screen
*	Connections are giving up too quickly (I believe this is a MacTCP problem)
o	Type during paste bug
o	Occasional problems getting the preferences to "stick"
o	Certain control characters not working due to Apple's bad KCHR
o	Certain macro sequences are not sent correctly (?)
o	\r,\n, and \t cannot appear in a Macro sequence
o	Some interaction problems with NeXT systems
Implementation:
o	Need to always set push flag when sending return
o	Reduce WDS sizes?
VT emulation:
o	VT220 insert mode problem
o	VT220 fn keys can still be sent while in vt100 mode
o	Problems w/VT emulation when connecting to certain VAX/VMS hosts
o	Screen trashing when forcesave is on
o	Bold font problems need to be solved
o	Tabs don't work completely
FTP:
*	FTP log not very useful for Macbinary transfers
o	Can't have more than one FTP client at a time?
*	FTP server filename ISO tranlation not working?
o	FTP Server dropping characters in ASCII mode?
o	Need to add a provision for editing "anonymous"'s directory
o	Occasional MNetPush error when using FTP
o	Occasional "Unable to build data connection" errors w/FTP client
o	Occasional crashes from "lls" command in FTP client
o	FTP transfers occasionally creating zero size files
o	FTP client "lcd" not working properly?
TEK:
o	Some TEK emulation bugs

In progress for 2.7:

o	User set-able block size
o	Save Macros in other ways aside form Saved Sets
o	User set-able timeouts for open and send
o	FTP user directory restrictions
o	Reverse DNS connecting FTP hosts
o	User set-able font size
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