Re: Use and setup of TN5250

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Syd,

> I have two keyboard maps in /usr/share/tn5250.
> uk5250.map and us5250.map
> File XTerm in the same directory does not mention any of these. What
> line syntax do I need to add references to either of these keyboard maps
> in file XTerm

The file "XTerm" _is_ the keyboard map when you're running in an XTerm.
The other files (us5250.map & uk5250.map) are for console mode.

For example, the line:
        Shift <Key>F1: string("\033[25~") \n\

Tells xterm to send the string "<ESC>[25" when you hold down shift and
press the F1 key.  The terminfo or termcap file for xterm-5250 that 
should've been installed by the "make install" sees this string and
reports to xt5250 (via ncurses) that the F13 key was pressed.  


> Tried the xt5250 program - this does not work - Nothing happened, No
> tn5250 session
> the displayed result of 'xt5250 -y IBM-3477-FC airor &' is [1] 1183
> 'xt5250 -y IBM-3477-FC airor' is [1]+ Done

There are several reasons why xt5250 might end immediately...  basically,
anything that causes an error to occur will do that.   

Perhaps the most common reason is that xterm-5250 didn't get put into your
terminfo database. There was a problem at one point where previous
terminfo entries got in the way of newer ones.  Upgrading to 0.15.8
should solve that problem, if thats the case.

I think you said you're running SuSE Linux.  Perhaps someone on the list
who is running this version has some tips?  I just reinstalled 0.15.6 on
my RedHat machine, and "xt5250 -y IBM-3477-FC as400" worked for me, so
I'm not sure what else might be wrong...

Hopefully one of the other users on this list has some better suggestions
for you! :)

Thanks,

Scott

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