diff -r cfabd0207208 -r 284c68d7a3ac plugins/consoles/docs/consoles.pod --- a/plugins/consoles/docs/consoles.pod Mon Aug 23 18:10:31 2010 +0100 +++ b/plugins/consoles/docs/consoles.pod Tue Aug 24 11:54:30 2010 +0100 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ This is the console of choice for running on a handset with a full graphical ROM, if remote connectivity is not available. -=head3 L +=head3 L A console implementation that will communicate with a VT100 compatible terminal (or terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal) via a serial connection. There are variants that work over TCP connnections (F), Bluetooth (F) and USB (F). @@ -202,7 +202,37 @@ This is the remote console of choice when running on target (i.e. non-emulated) hardware. -=head3 L +=head3 L + +On platforms that support the Terminal Keyboard and Trace Core, this console allows the Carbide Terminal Keyboard plugin to be used directly with fshell, even in gui environments when the normal eshell terminalkeyboard plugin won't work. + +Pros: + +=over 5 + +=item * + +Works over whatever transport that TraceCore can use (so will work over XTI even when no physical serial ports are available). + +=item * + +Works in GUI (DFS) builds - unlike the standard eshell plugin. + +=back + +Cons: + +=item * + +Requires Carbide and the Carbide Terminal Keyboard plugin to be installed. + +=item * + +Limited by what the Carbide Terminal Keyboard plugin allows - so no ymodem support. + +=back + +=head3 L A console implementation that connects via TCP to a Win32 executable (called L) that hosts console windows remotely. @@ -240,7 +270,7 @@ This console has been largely superceded by L (or one of its variants) for target use. However, it is still useful on the emulator because a) it is easy to get up an running, and b) new windows automatically appear (rather than needing to explicitly connect a terminal emulator). -=head3 win32cons.dll +=head3 win32cons A specialized console for running the WINSCW emulator directly in a DOS box. A batch file F<\epoc32\tools\fshell.bat> is provided for convenience.