Re[2]: gnome-5250 can't find tn5250-config

Hello Michael,

Thursday, July 20, 2000, 5:49:59 PM, you wrote:

MM> Is /usr/local/bin in your path?

MM> Mike

No who do I put it??

Joao

MM> On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Joco Mendes wrote:

>> Hi,
>> I tried to install gnome-5250 but it can't find (in ./configure) 
>> tn5250-config, that is in my system in /usr/local/bin. What can I do ?
>> 
>> 
>> Thank
>> Joao Mendes
>> 
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>> 
>> On 7/20/00, 4:16:24 PM, Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com> wrote 
>> regarding Re: Thanks:
>> 
>> 
>> > Hi Joao,
>> 
>> > >
>> > > P.S. - If you don't want me to mail you directly tell me I will post
>> > > this in LINUX5250.
>> > >
>> 
>> > Please post your requests to LINUX5250, not me directly.  The reason for
>> > this is simple...   although I am familiar with tn5250, and will help you
>> > whenever I can, there are a lot of things that I _don't_ know.
>> 
>> > Therefore, posting to linux5250 makes more sense.  There are a lot of
>> > people, and the ones who know the answer to your question can post a
>> > reply, the ones that don't can learn from your questions & their answers!
>> 
>> > I'll send a cc: of this message to the list, as well.
>> 
>> 
>> > >
>> > > "Who can I with xt5250 put my sessions in full screen (maximized).
>> > > When I start a session it only displays in 80x25 (xterm resolution), I
>> > > tryed to change the geometri in xt5250 file to 160x50 but when it
>> > > connect to the AS400 the session get 80x25 again."
>> > >
>> 
>> > If you truly want "full-screen", why not switch to a console mode
>> > session, and run tn5250 instead of xt5250?  That'll be a full screen
>> > session.
>> 
>> > When you say a geometry of 160x50, this means that your xterm will be 160
>> > columns wide by 50 rows high.  A nice idea, however, the 5250 protocol
>> > only supports two different terminal sizes, 80x24 and 132x27.  Tn5250 
>> adds
>> > a status line at the bottom, so the geometry of the xterm session must
>> > be either 80x25 or 132x28.  This is a limitation of the AS/400's 5250
>> > protocol, not a limitation of the tn5250 software.
>> 
>> > What you probably want to do, rather than changing the geometry, is to
>> > make the font size larger.  This will force the xterm to take up a larger
>> > portion of the screen.
>> 
>> > On my system, I can hold down the ctrl key and right click in my xt5250
>> > session, and it'll let me change the font size for that session, making
>> > it larger or smaller.
>> 
>> > If you wanted to make that change permanent, you could change the xt5250
>> > script, as you suggested, but change the font size, not the geometry.
>> > (maybe "man xterm" would help you do this, since I dont know the command
>> > off the top of my head)
>> 
>> > >
>> > > By the way who can I download gnome-5250 from CVS?
>> > >
>> 
>> > similar to getting tn5250 from CVS, except use "checkout gnome-5250",
>> > like this:
>> 
>> > cvs -d ':pserver:anonymous@cvs.cleveland.lug.net:/tn5250' checkout 
>> gnome-5250
>> 
>> > then:
>> >     cd gnome-5250
>> >     ./autogen.sh
>> >     ./configure
>> >     make
>> >     su root
>> >     make install
>> 
>> > Please be aware that the gnome-5250 (and its accompanying gtk-5250) 
>> aren't
>> > finished yet.  Not all features on them work at this time.
>> 
>> > Please post followups to linux5250@midrange.com

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