Re: [LINUX5250] minus key question

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Steven Kurylo wrote:
>
> With it off the - key on the "typewriter" part of the keyboard causes a
> system error and I have to hit reset (CTRL) to clear it.  Numeric -
> gives the } still.
>

Yeah, this is definitely a bug.

You're building it from source, right? Can you try this patch?   If it
works, I'll add it into CVS so that it's included in future releases,
so please let me know either way!

Here's the patch:

diff -u -r1.11.2.5 field.c
--- src/field.c 1 Aug 2002 20:40:49 -0000       1.11.2.5
+++ src/field.c 5 Sep 2002 19:41:57 -0000
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@
       return (isdigit (ch) ||
          ch == ',' ||
          ch == '.' ||
+         ch == '-' ||
          ch == ' ');

    case TN5250_FIELD_KATA_SHIFT: