Re: [LINUX5250] Re: TN5250 0.16.2 released!

[Martin Rowe <martin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 04 September 2001 4:15 pm, Scott Klement wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Martin Rowe wrote:
> > It works the same as in CA (or KMail) when going right, but places the
> > cursor at the end of the word when going left. As an example from the
> > signon screen
> >
> > Display . . . . . :   QPADEV0006
> > ^       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   ^           # ^ = stop points for CA/KMail
> > r       r r r r r r   r           # r = stop points for tn5250 moving
> > right l l l l l l l   l           # l = stop points for tn5250 moving
> > left
> >
> > In addition the other apps will move onto the [start of the next|end of
> > the previous] line and carry on from there, once they reach the
> > [start|end] of the line being processed. Having never used this
> > functionality until it got mentioned on the list, I can't say I'm
> > bothered either way, but it might be nice to emulate that too.
>
> Making it do those things is not a problem -- but not having either of
> those applications, I had to guess at what to do :)   I'll change it to
> make it work like CA/Kmail, when I get a chance (hopefully today)

The effect is exactly like b and w in Vi(m), skipping to the beginning of the
next/previous word, except that you don't need to go into Command mode to do
it ;)

> What does it do when it gets to the start/end of a screen?  wrap around
> or stop?

Wraps around.

> > One other, slightly related question. Is it possible to have a key
> > binding for start of the current line/field (as a matching function to
> > End), like Home does in pretty much any other app I've used. I know Home
> > has a special meaning in 5250 but would a Shift-Home (or something else)
> > be possible without breaking anything?
>
> That should be easy enough to do.   Shouldn't break anything... I'll look
> at that, too...

Sounds good to me - Cheers Scott :)

Regards, Martin
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