Re: [LINUX5250] xt5250, x5250, fonts

[Sean Porterfield <sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Klement wrote:

> When and if you get this working, there'll always be the chance for more
> problems when you change fonts, upgrade X, or upgrade Fedora.

I use Fedora therefore I expect things to break ;)

> IMHO, the best solution is to stop using this character.  Use the dollar
> sign... for fifty cents, use $0.50

I have no choice in this matter.  The symbol is used to mark custom code 
so as not to be confused with tasks sent by our software provider.

<snip>I'll check that part later</snip>

> For keyboard mapping, you'll need to change key.c to return the ASCII code
> ( NOT THE EBCDIC CODE! ) so that when lib5250 maps it from ASCII to
> EBCDIC, it'll translate to the right thing for the iSeries to understand.
>
> For the sake of testing, you should be able to simply "return 162" but of
> course, if you change the mapping in transmaps, you need to use whichever
> character you changed it to.

Interesting...  I changed my XK_bracketleft to return 162 and still got 
a bracket.  Questioning my knowledge level, I changed my (working) 
XK_Control_L to return 162 and got the cent symbol.  That must mean the 
bracket is not a bracket.  I'll either have to map another key or figure 
out what key that is.  (xev said it was bracketleft and confirmed the 
same code that was in X11/keysymdef.h)

Thanks for the tips!