Re: [LINUX5250] Re: TN5250 0.16.2 released!

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, tonyl wrote:

> Here's a wish list request:
>
> import client access's .kmp (keyboard map) files.

Here is vote to *not* import those files.  tn5250 by and large doesn't run
on windows machines so why waste time trying to import files created on
windows machines?  Why should we mimic the IBM way?  I'm sure that there
are easier ways to handle key-mapping on UNIX machines than trying to
import Client Access files (even though those files would just tell us how
the map should be set up).  Just save the map as <insert your favorite
text file format here - .Xresources format ain't too bad, use XML if you
want>.

Or don't even worry about keyboard mapping.  Here I've been using tn5250
since it's initial release (back when I could read all the code and
understand it in a few hours - and port it to a new arch :) and I don't
have any problems about how the keys are setup.  Why confuse people by
trying to make the right control be the enter key?  Just use the key
labeled 'Enter' as the enter key.  Makes it a lot easier when giving
support over the phone and you say "Press enter" and you actually mean to
press the enter key.  Yes we could go fancy with keyboard mapping - but
should we?

James Rich
james@eaerich.com