Re: gnome-5250 key map -- LINUX5250



--- "Jason M. Felice" <jfelice@cronosys.com>
> wrote:

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>Flexible keyboard mapping is on the to-do list, but for now I'm
>hard-coding keys to be as close to a real dumb terminal as possible.

Sounds fair to me (the remapping in Client access is very nice, though ;-) )

>Print key is mapped to the Print Screen key, if I'm reading that right. 
>I'm not sure that will work...  Attention isn't mapped anywhere - tell
>me where it usually is mapped and I can get that done in thirty seconds.

Couldn't get print (Print Screen/SysRq - next to scroll lock) to work. Having 
hunted around for a dumb terminal, I see that Attn is on the same key as SysRq 
(no PC key equivalent). In the default Client Access setup Attn is mapped to 
Esc, and System Request is mapped to Shift-Esc. (My Citrix sessions (rarely 
used now) are mapped to C-a and C-c - I've got too used to tn5250 :-) )

>> 
>> Unrelated issues -
>> 
>> gnome-5250 is a lot slower than tn5250 (run as xt5250) in screen repainting 
>- is this down to debug code in the build? Does it need to run in a Gnome 
>session? I have Gnome installed but use Blackbox as a wm.
>
>It shouldn't need to run in a gnome session.  The screen repainting
>works fine on my machine (700 PIII ;-) and also fine at home (200 K-6),
>but there is an issue where it is redrawing parts of the terminal much
>more than necessary (every time the cursor blinks).  I _do_ plan to fix
>that, but I'm more worried about getting basic functionality working at
>this point.

I'm running on a Celeron 333. It's not unusable, just slower than tn5250 (which 
is faster than CA for me). It's not a problem - just curious. 

>> 
>> Now that font selection is available, can anyone recommend a good one to 
>use. I'm currently trying courier new (got xfstt going with my windows fonts). 
>Incidentally, I get screen resizing both ways 80 <==> 132 using courier new at 
>18 & 12 pixel size respectively. If the window height changes it resizes, but 
>it doesn't if it's only the width that changes (with 20 & 12 pixel size)
>
>Huhn?  That isn't working for me...  What version of GTK+ do you have
>installed?  I have 1.2.6 and probably something slightly older at home.

Maybe I can clarify. If going to 132 makes the window wider AND taller, then it 
won't resize back. If, as with 18 & 12 pixel courier, the 132 window is wider 
BUT shorter, then going back to 80 causes a resize.
I've got gtk+-1.2.7-4mdk - couldn't build gnome at 1.2.6 (that AM/AC_HEADER 
thing mentioned a few days back).
 
>You can pick fonts with `xfontsel'  I really can't recommend any fonts
>for two reasons : 1) I can never find a font *I* like, and 2) which
>fonts you have is completely dependent on where you got your X server. 
>The only one you can count on is `fixed'.
>
>There are a few 3270 fonts floating around, but I haven't tried them. 
>They may be in EBCDIC character sets, so it might not be useful.

I used to use LucidaConsole in CA several years back, when the default IBM 
fonts wouldn't resize properly (huge borders above & below the 27x132 session). 
I'm after one with taller characters, so a session window can be run full 
screen - and use all of it :-) 

Thanks for the prompt reply

Regards, Martin

PS I've not seen any feedback on my question on SysRq with X System displayed - 
does this mean it works okay for others? Cheers.

==
martin@jamaro.org.uk / jamaro@firstlinux.net 
http://www.jamaro.org.uk

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