Re: Key mapping and font size

[Brian Hill <tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Aaron,

I can't tell you how to fix any of those things using tn5250 however I
can help you with using xt5250.

To change the keymapping you'll probably want to change the XTerm file
(I'm running Kubuntu 8.04 and my XTerm file is located at
/usr/share/tn5250).  Open that file up (note: you'll likely need to be
the root user or use sudo) in whatever text editor you're comfortable
with and add these three lines:

<Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F) \n\
<Key>Control_L: string("\022") \n\
<Key>Control_R: string("\015") \n\

That will fix your backspace and control keys the way you want.

To make the font larger using xt5250 after you start the program (type
"xt5250 red" without the quotes at a command line) hold down your
control key and right click (and hold the mouse button down) on the
window that opens up - move the mouse cursor down to the "huge" setting.

I know these issues have been discussed before (I know because I asked
about them myself!) so if you do some searching of old messages you'll
likely find a lot more information.

If you must use tn5250 instead of xt5250 (they are both part of the
tn5250 package by the way) I'm sure Scott or James or someone else can
give you instructions on that.

Good luck!
Brian

Aaron Bartell wrote:
>    Hi all,
>
>    I had forgotten I subscribed to this list awhile back and with the flurry
>    of activity this past month with getting the new version I have become
>    interested in getting TN5250 working on my system.
>
>    I have TN5250 up and running just fine but there are a couple of things
>    that are driving me nuts.  One, I can't seem to get my keys remapped - in
>    particular I can't get the Field Exit to be mapped to the Right Control
>    key, the "reset" key mapped to the Left Control key, and have the
>    backspace key delete the text it is backspacing over.  I have brought up
>    us5250.map in an editor but am completely lost as to how I can make the
>    changes I detailed above - is there a man page for how the keycode works?
>
>    The other issue I am having is getting the resolution to be higher (i.e.
>    bigger font for my already failing eyes).
>
>    I have read through James' fine tutorial and have put together the
>    following .tn5250rc file in my home directory.  The font values were taken
>    from the xfontsel command which is what I am assuming I was supposed to do
>    but it doesn't seem to have any effect.  I
>
>    red {
>         host = 192.168.11.22
>         env.TERM=IBM-3477-FC
>         +uninhibited
>         env.USER = AARON
>         font_80=-monotype-*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>         font_132=-misc-*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>    }
>
>    I am using tn5250 version 0.17.3
>
>    On a final note I am fairly new to Linux (switched over in the past 6
>    months) so if I am being totally dumb with something you will know why :-)
>
>    Aaron Bartell
>    http://mowyourlawn.com
>