Re: ACS 5250 Paste behavior

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

for ACS when this happens, I press the <insert> key then paste.

Bryan

Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis wrote on 4/2/2021 7:10 AM:
> Occasionally I need to paste more text into a 5250 commmad line than 
> will fit on the current line. The entry field (e.g. standard menu CLI) 
> wraps to a new line so there is plenty of total space just not on one 
> line. The issue is HOW the wrap occurs. Effectively it pasts into a box. 
> Thus it looks this way:
>
> ===> Text_is_pasted_here_but_when_it_rolls_over_to_the_next_line_on_t
> _____he_screen_it_leaves_a_blank._Here_it_broke_the_into_t______he.
>
> I have figured out how to get it to stop at the end of the first line. 
> Not useful.
>
> What I can't figure out is how to get it to paste as DeadNav and the old 
> emulator did where it would come out like this:
>
> ===> Text_is_pasted_here_but_and_when_it_rolls_over_to_the_next_lin
> e_all_looks_good._No_break_in_the_text_and_all_space_is_used.
>
> Does anyone know the secret combination to enable the use of the entire 
> field and not paste into a 'box'?