Re: dropping fields (test)

["Nathaniel Smith" <j9znnvnqjn60001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 11:53:41PM -0400, Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice 
eraserhead@eraserhead.net 
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> Second attemt to send this message, sorry if there are duplicates.
> 
> Sorry to get back to you guys on the bug-hunting so late, but a bunch of 
>things
> broke over the weekend, including my ability to send and receive mail *sigh*
> 
> I looked into the field dropping problems, and the only possibility looks 
> like a bug with SSP not properly setting the screen's Modified Data Tag 
> (mdt).
> 
> Below is a patch which essentially causes the emulator to ignore whether the
> Modified Data Tag is set and send all of the fields anyway.  I'd like feedback
> on whether this works (I'm 99% sure it will work, the question is whether
> that's the right solution).
> 
> The patch should apply without errors to both 0.17.x and 0.16.x.  If this
> solves the problem, I'll add a proper patch to CVS.

I've been using a patched CVS version of tn5250 for the last few
hours, and it works perfectly.  Thank you very much.

-- Nathaniel

-- 
"The problem...is that sets have a very limited range of
activities -- they can't carry pianos, for example, nor drink
beer."

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