Re: gtk-5250 & gnome-5250 -- LINUX5250


Hi Jay,

I just did a cvs update, and the gnome-5250 thing is now working properly!  
wooohoo!  (without crashing with the segfault)

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jason M. Felice wrote:

> > A few small problems:
> > 
> > 1)  If I click the properties dialog, and got a segmentation fault.
> >      Since I'm running FreeBSD, this is probably another one of those
> >      issues where it doesnt show up in Linux, because Linux always
> >      initializes its memory when allocated.
> > 
> >      In gtk-5250, its occurring around line 355 of gtk5250propdlg.c,
> >      on this statement:
> > 
> >        gtk_font_selection_set_font_name (GTK_FONT_SELECTION
> >            (This->font_selector), This->font_name_80);
> > 
> >      The gnome-5250 version doesn't appear to dump core, so I'll have
> >      to do a bit more research if its not happening at the same spot :)
> 
> That's strange.  There shouldn't be any difference in behavior between
> the Gnome and the GTK+ version.  I'm looking at the code and really
> don't have an explanation for you...  Everything _is_ initialized
> properly.
> 

There wasn't any difference in behavior in YOUR code... they both crashed
with segmentation fault when I did the same things.  The difference was in
the fact that the gtk version dumped core, whereas the gnome version just
said "Segmentation Fault" and didn't create a core image.

But, at any rate, the problem already appears to have been fixed :)


> > 2) There are certain 5250 keys that I can't figure out how to do in either
> >      the gnome-5250 or gtk-5250 versions.   Field+, backtab, etc.  Is
> >      there a way to send these?
> 
> (hack hack hack...) Okay, Field+/Field- are now the number keypad's
> +/- keys. Field exit is also mapped to keypad enter. Backtab is
> Shift+Tab. Shift+Esc is System request, Esc is Attention. All numbers
> on keypad work.  '*' and '/' on keypad produce those characters (is
> that right for a dumb terminal).
> 

Well, perhaps I'm just weird, but Field+ doesnt work for me.  At least,
not the way I expect it to work.   The Keypad's + key causes nothing to
happen...   the + key on the regular keyboard (as opposed to the keypad) 
does work, but only in numeric fields.   (I tend to use Field+ in lieu of
Field Exit on character fields, just by habit, and it really messes me up)

Field- does work from the keypad...  

Thanks for the +bassackwards switch.  :)  I use my computer for other
things besides 5250 emulation, and I'm very used to the ENTER key being
the ENTER key.  I don't really think thats backwards... :)



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