Re: [LINUX5250] Full screen mode

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know...  I'm not a Linux user.  Perhaps someone on the List can
tell you?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:44:24 +0200
From: Laurent Chevrier <chevelu03@ifrance.com>
To: klemscot@klements.com
Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] Full screen mode

Where can I find a rpm version of version 0.16.2 ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@klements.com>
To: <linux5250@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] Full screen mode


>
>
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Laurent Chevrier wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to run the xt5250 in full screen mode but I can't make it
> > bigger. So it's too small if I want to have a resolution of 1024x768.
> > Is there any way to do this?
>
> Can I assume that you're using version 0.16.2?
>
> The size of the tn5250 window depends on what size font you're using.
> If it's too small for you, just set it to a different font in your
> ~/.tn5250rc file.
>
> Here's a sample ~/.tn5250rc file:
>
> dsp01 {
>     host = as400.mydomain.com
>     env.DEVNAME = DSP01
>     -underscores
>     font_80=-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-200-75-100-*-*-*-*
>     font_132=-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-200-75-100-*-*-*-*
> }
>
>
> Then, I type:  xt5250 dsp01
>
> and xt5250 automatically resizes to use those fonts.   Of course, you'll
> need to find fonts that work well for you...   try the 'xlsfonts' command
> or 'xfontsel' to see what fonts you have on your system.   When you find
> a font that you like, set it in your ~/.tn5250rc, just like I did in the
> example above.
>
>
> >
> > Secondly I've tryed a screen in 27x132 mode and when go from a 80 to a
> > 132 screen, the size of the screen change immediately but the part of
> > the screen between 80th and 132th row stay black until I press "page
> > down" or "page up" button. Will this bug fix in the next version ?
>
> I've done some looking into this issue, and it appears that for some
> reason the width of the screen according to curses doesn't update
> immediately.
>
> Here's an experimental patch you can try to see if it solves that problem
> for you...
>
> --- cursesterm.c        2001/09/03 08:06:53     1.35
> +++ cursesterm.c        2001/09/03 18:00:49
> @@ -616,6 +616,12 @@
>        }
>        This->data->last_width = tn5250_display_width(display);
>        This->data->last_height = tn5250_display_height(display);
> +      for (x=0; x<10; x++) {
> +          refresh ();
> +          if
(tn5250_display_width(display)==curses_terminal_width(This)-1)
> +              break;
> +          usleep(10000);
> +      }
>     }
>     attrset(A_NORMAL);
>     getmaxyx(stdscr, my, mx);
>
>
> >
> > Thanks by advance.
> >
> > PS : Sorry for my english, I'm french !
> >
>
> Hope that helps!
>
>