STARTING AMIGA KERMIT:

Amiga Kermit is a command-line oriented program, so you must use the CLI
to gain access to Kermit (see appendix A for information on how to use the 
CLI).  Amiga Kermit does not have an Icon (yet), so you can not execute it
directly from the Workbench.  

To start Kermit in interactive mode, type 

    1> KERMIT

You can supply command-line arguements just as you can in UNIX, for example,

    1> KERMIT -h

displays a list of the legal command line options.

Since the Amiga is a multi-tasking system, you might want to have Kermit
running in the background, while you do something else.  In this case,
type

   1> RUN KERMIT

This will start a second CLI for Kermit to use.  Once you have a file 
transfer started, you can use the Kermit window's BACK gadget (in the upper
right-hand corner of the window) to move the window behind the others.  You can
click in the CLI window, and then continue to type commands to the CLI while 
Kermit performs the file transfer.


LEAVING AMIGA KERMIT:

To exit from Amiga Kermit, type EXIT in response to the C-Kermit> prompt, or
use the Amiga Kermit window close gadget.  The close gadget is the "emergeny
exit" gadget; it will stop Kermit without sending any messages to the remote
Kermit.  If used within a file transfer, this will cause the remote Kermit
to become very confused, and eventually, it will time out.  If you want to
cancel a file transfer, use CTRL-F or CTRL-B.  If no file transfer is being
performed, however, it is safe to use the close gadget in place of the EXIT
command.


USING AMIGA KERMIT:

Amiga Kermit uses the UNIX C-Kermit user-interface modules with only minor
changes, so the UNIX documenation describes most of the features of Amiga
Kermit. 

The UNIX features not yet supported are:

   o  DIAL and LOGIN script commands are not supported

   o  Change Working Directory (CWD) command is not supported
      (you must CD to the correct directory BEFORE starting Kermit)

   o  No LOCAL commands can be performed from within Kermit. For
      instance, the DIRECTORY command does not work.  Since the Amiga
      is a mult-itasking computer, however, you can still perform commands 
      from the CLI while Kermit is running (see STARTING AMIGA KERMIT, 
      above, for more information).

   o  Wildcards are not supported in file transfers.  Since virtually any
      character is legal in an Amiga file name, Kermit will try to open
      exactly the file name you supply.

   o  Non-alphanumeric characters in outgoing file names are translated to
      an ASCII 'X'.  Incoming file names are checked for ':' and '/', which
      represent volume and directory delimiters.  Any characters to the left
      of these are removed.  The rest of the name is left untranslated.

   o  XON/XOFF flow control, although settable, has no effect.

   o  Transaction timing is not performed (except for timeout purposes),
      so all transactions report an elapsed time of 0 seconds.

   o  The send delay time, although settable, is not used.

See also the CKIKER.BWR file for information about known bugs.


USING THE AMIGA KERMIT WINDOW GADGETS:

The Amiga Kermit window supports the following gadgets:

   o  Front and back gadgets.  Pressing these repositions the window within 
      the stack of windows on the screen.

   o  Drag gadget (the title-bar).  Dragging the title-bar moves the window 
      to a new position on the screen.

   o  Close gadget.  Pressing this box cancels Kermit and returns you to 
      the CLI (see LEAVING KERMIT, above);

   o  Re-size gadget.  Dragging this box changes the size of the window.  When 
      the window is re-sized, Kermit clears the window, and re-issues its 
      prompt.  The width of the window is re-figured, and character wrapping
      is performed near the right-hand edge, automatically.  The width of the
      window initially is set to 78 characters (this will be expanded to 80
      in a future release).


APPENDIX A:  USING THE CLI:

Here's the procedure for getting access to the CLI from the Workbench:

   1)  Double-click on the Workbench disk icon to open it.

   2)  Double-click on the Preferences icon to run preferences.

   3)  Choose the CLI ON box (in the lower-left of the screen).

   4)  Choose the 80 character font (near the CLI choices).

   5)  Click the SAVE button to save the settings.

   6)  Close the disk window (click in its close gadget).

   7)  Open the Workbench disk again.  You should see a CLI icon (a box
       with a "1>" in it).  If you don't see the icon, check that you
       really saved the settings, and if you did, then re-boot and try
       again.  The icon should be there when you re-boot.

   8)  Double-click the CLI icon.  You should get a NewCLI window, with
       a 1> prompt.  The is the Command Line Interface.  Click in this
       window.  You can type commands (like DIR for directory, CD to
       change directories, etc.  This is discussed in the AmigaDOS User's
       Manual.  The command DIR C: lists all the available commands).

   9)  Procede with the instructions given in STARTING AMIGA KERMIT above.

  10)  When you are done with the CLI, click in its window, and type
       ENDCLI.  This should close its window, and return you to the
       Workbench.  Note that you can still use the workbench even with
       CLI running, and that you can even run more than one CLI at the
       same time (double-click on the CLI icon a couple of times, and
       see).