Re: Very importand (feature) - please read

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Patrick Bielen wrote:
> 
> But there are three things i miss, and they are ....
> 
> 1. Key-macros as in Client Access for windows.
> 2. file transfer from or to an AS/400 as in CA for Win.
> 3. the possibility to connect (mount) to share-folders (windows-folders)
>    This one is maybe not possible with tn5250 (because of SNA) ?
> 

Patrick,

tn5250 is just a 5250 emulator, not a suite of AS/400 utilities as
Client Access is.  File Transfer and directory mounting are not 
related to 5250 emulation, and therefore should be a completely
separate project.

I agree that key-macros would be a very nice feature.   In fact, they
are available right now, by using the XTerm's capabilities, but aren't
very intuitive or easy to use.   

If you'd like to write a macro feature for tn5250, I'd sure be willing
to try it out!

As for mounting & file transfer, you can already do them using native
features of Linux.   NFS can be used to mount a share on the AS/400,
as can SMB.  (Though, NFS is a much better design).   FTP can be used
to transfer files.

In fact, I believe file transfer and share mounting are being phased
out of Client Access.


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