Re: Use and setup of TN5250

["Dr. Syd Nicholson" <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Bill

I have a desktop icon working fine now.

Syd Nicholson


wsuetholz@centonline.com wrote:
> 
> Hello,  I will reply to the KDE Icon issue..
> 
>  You need to "Right-Click" the mouse and when the popup menu appears
> Highlight "New" and when the next popup menu appears highlight application,
> and then release the mouse button.  This will cause a window to appear with
> a text entry field that will be defaulted to "Program.kdelnk", you want to
> highlight the word "Program" and replace that with "TN5250", and then you
> can click OK.  This will cause another window to appear which will have
> 4 tabs at the top, you wish to click the "Execute" tag which will allow
> you to key in the command to execute, "tn5250 -y IBM-3477-FC airor".  When
> you have entered the command to execute, you can click OK and the Icon will
> be created on your desktop.
> 
> Any further questions about this portion of your question should probably be
> directed towards a more KDE focused group.  Check out <http://www.kde.org>
> 
> Good Luck, and Welcome to Linux...
> 
> Bill Suetholz
> 
> On 21-May-00 Dr. Syd Nicholson wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Can anybody help
> >
> > I'm new to LINUX and am trying to use TN5250 in the KDE of SUSE 6.4.
> >
> > The TN5250 string I am using is 'tn5250 -y IBM-3477-FC airor', where
> > airor is the name of my AS/400. This is being typed into xterm. I need
> > the 132 char wide screen for ILE RPG source editing
> >
> > How do I add this as an icon to my KDE desktop? I use several
> > simultaneous sessions and find this startup method to be rather
> > cumbersome. A desktop icon would be much quicker.
> >
> > Regards
> > Syd Nicholson
> > Castlehill Computer Services Ltd.
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