Re: x5250 destructive backspace?

[Evan List <paratwa950@xxxxxxxxx>]

This works!  Thank you very much!

I was able to download and compile (from cvs) tn5250 and the latest tarball you linked on my modern desktop.  It executes fine and works it the new +destructive_backspace flag.

I'm struggling to get it (tn5250 17.5, then x5250) to compile/execute for glibc 2.3X (a requirement for my thin client machines), but that's my problem and I'm not going to drag you into that. ;)

Thank you very much for this change and your quick response,

Evan 

--- On Wed, 1/27/10, James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] x5250 destructive backspace?
> To: "Linux 5250 Development Project" <linux5250@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 5:49 PM
> I have enabled destructive backspace
> support in both tn5250 and x5250. 
> You have to get the latest CVS of tn5250 and download a new
> 0.5.2 version 
> of x5250.  In order to enable destructive backspace,
> add 
> +destructive_backspace to your tn5250rc file.  The new
> x5250 version is 
> available at:
>
> http://www.chowhouse.com/~james/x5250/x5250-0.5.2.tar.gz
>
> This release also fixes a problem with the caret not
> erasing completely in 
> x5250 when using large fonts.
>
> Please try this code out and report back any
> problems.  Thanks!
>
> James Rich
>
> if you want to understand why that is, there are many good
> books on
> the design of operating systems. please pass them along to
> redmond
> when you're done reading them :)
>      - Paul Davis on ardour-dev
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