Since im using hyper terminal. when i type the ? command the data scrolls off the screen and when i scroll back up htper term seems to have a bug that corrupts the data that has scrolled off the screen.
so i was missing out on some of the help menu commands.
so i started thinking about redesigning the text to fit onto a single 24x80 screen.
but in doing so it seemed to make more sense to split the ? command into 3 sections. or even 3 commands.
As there seems to be 3 sections. Menu, Syntax, Raw bus operations.
Can i suggest a software mod to pause after each section of text and wait for a key press.
Also maybe allow ?m or ?s or ?r to show only the 3 different sections. This would also open up the option of doing extra help screens (space permitting) for things like ?1 for 1 wire help, etc.
Anyone have thougths on this?
Dump hyperterminal and use PuTTY instead? There's planty of scrollback for logging etc and has a nice simple interface.
Other than that your suggestions seem good if you want to continue using hyperterminal.
Im sure there are lots of people out there that are going to try and use hyperterm because it comes with XP.
Also i still think it might be nice to have an easier to read help menu no matter what program you use.