Re: tn5250 using X

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Does anyone have success using tn5250 in X.  I am specifically trying
tn5250
while using kde window manager.  My greatest problem is in viewing a full
132 columns and secondly in window resizing.

Ken
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Hi Ken

I run at 1024x768 in X using KDE and had the same trouble. As mentioned by
others, it's the font that wants changing. I have a customised script
(copied xt5250) so it doesn't get changed between releases, and I specify
the font as

-fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1

This seems to give me near enough full screen width in 132 column mode, but
at least it fits on the screen completely. It would be nice to have the
screen switch between fonts when switching modes, so the 24x80 screen is a
similar size, though with a larger font. I have no idea how much work would
be involved in this, and as I can only program in CL & RPG, I don't suppose
I'd be up to the task :-(

On an unrelated subject, how is coulour handled by the emulator? I get both
blue and turquiose as the same colour, but blue is in a bolder font (both
look like the turquiose as seen on a colour dumb terminal or CA emulation
session). Is this a tn5250 thing, or something to do with my colour mapping
somewhere?

Regards, Martin
--
martin_rowe@moores.co.uk


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