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  • Subject: Re: gtk-5250 & gnome-5250
  • From: "Jason M. Felice" <jfelice@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:36:32 -0400
  • Organization: Cronosys, LLC

> 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.

Oh!  That's a silly gnome thing.  Newer version of Gnome even pop up a
dialog
asking you if you want to dump core (ick!).  There's some standard Gnome
command-line switch to change that (an ugly note - do --syntax or --help
and
you get the generic ones that gnome supplies by default *sigh*).

> 
> 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)

Hummm...  lib5250 doesn't handle the K_FIELDPLUS event.  We've never
noticed
because we've never had a real Field+ key (the + key in a numeric field
is
kinda' a half-breed).  Updated tn5250 in CVS, enjoy.

> 
> 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... :)
> 

Me neither, I prefer my enter key to _do_ something.  I just needed an
excuse
to add a +bassackwards switch to tn5250 <g>

-Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice
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