Re: support for SAVE PARTIAL SCREEN and possible restructuring

[Scott Klement <tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like option #1 better, though I'm not certain that we want to have a 
separate ChangeLog for every piece of the project? But, other than that it 
looks okay.

Also, we'll need a win32 directory. You omitted that from your list.

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Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, James Rich wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> It has been awhile since much has happened on the list.  I've been working on 
> tn5250 and x5250 but haven't committed anything yet.  I've fixed several bugs 
> in x5250 (particularly related to non-US keyboards) and added support for 
> SAVE PARTIAL SCREEN to lib5250.so.  This last fix is necessary for QSH to 
> work in enhanced mode so it is probably a pretty important fix to commit.
>
> I've also been working on organizing the source a little better.  I see a few 
> benefits from doing so:  old source is moved out (like the slang interface), 
> the code that builds lib5250 vs. the other executables is better 
> distinguished, the various executables and library may all be built 
> independantly of each other, and builds for external projects like x5250 are 
> simplified.  So I propose the following two organizational changes for your 
> consideration:
>
> structure 1:
>
> Split the source into five top level sub directories of tn5250 like this:
>
> tn5250->
>         curses->
>                 files needed for autoconf
>                 ChangeLog, etc.
>                 src->
>                         Makefile.am
>                         cursesterm.c
>                         cursesterm.h
>                         tn5250.c
>         lib5250->
>                 files needed for autoconf
>                 ChangeLog, etc.
>                 src->
>                         Makefile.am
>                         buffer.c
>                         buffer.h
>                         codes5250.h
>                         conf.c
>                         conf.h
>                         dbuffer.c
>                         dbuffer.h
>                         debug.c
>                         debug.h
>                         display.c
>                         display.h
>                         field.c
>                         field.h
>                         macro.c
>                         macro.h
>                         menu.c
>                         menu.h
>                         printsession.c
>                         printsession.h
>                         record.c
>                         record.h
>                         scrollbar.c
>                         scrollbar.h
>                         session.c
>                         session.h
>                         sslstream.c
>                         stream.c
>                         stream.h
>                         telnetstr.c
>                         terminal.c
>                         terminal.h
>                         tn5250-autoconfig.h
>                         tn5250-config.h
>                         tn5250-private.h
>                         tn5250.h
>                         transmaps.h
>                         utility.c
>                         utility.h
>                         version.c
>                         window.c
>                         window.h
>                         wtd.c
>                         wtd.h
>         lp5250d->
>                 files needed for autoconf
>                 ChangeLog, etc.
>                 src->
>                         lp5250d.c
>                         scs.c
>                         scs.h
>                         scs2ascii.c
>                         scs2pdf.c
>                         scs2ps.c
>         python->
>                 files needed for autoconf
>                 ChangeLog, etc.
>                 src->
>                         Makefile.am
>                         py5250.py
>                         tn5250-python.c
>         slang->
>                 files needed for autoconf
>                 ChangeLog, etc.
>                 src->
>                         Makefile.am
>                         slangterm.c
>                         slangterm.h
>                         tn5250.c (maybe?)
>
> structure 2:
>
> tn5250->
>         files needed for autoconf
>         ChangeLog, etc.
>         src->
>                 curses->
>                         (same as above)
>                 lib5250->
>                         (same as above)
>                 lp5250d->
>                         (same as above)
>                 python->
>                         (same as above)
>                 slang->
>                         (same as above)
>
> I think either way would achieve the improvements I mentioned.  Both should 
> be equal amount of work in terms of the build.  So I think it is just 
> preference.  So, structure 1, structure 2, or no change at all?
>
> James Rich
>
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