Re: Looking for the perfect 5250 client...

["Jerome Draper" <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How can it just be a font issue when it has to choose when to do 132col and
when to do 80col.  It seems that it has to choose based on terminal type.
Not all terminal types support the switch from 80-132-80.  Any emulator
heads know?

Jerry


----- Original Message -----
From: James Rich <james@eaerich.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for the perfect 5250 client...


> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Jerome Draper wrote:
>
> > > > The 27x132 mode is very readable.  I do all my editing in this mode.
> > >
> > > This is probably more a feature of the font you're using than it is
the
> > > emulator itself.
> >
> > I don't believe that it's a font issue as it is related to terminal type
> > that senses the width of the data in the 5250 stream and then
automagically
> > switches from 80 column mode to 132 column mode.
>
> It is a font issue.  The emulator chooses a font to display in 132 column
> mode.  Allowing the user to select which font to use when displaying 132
> columns permits comfortable viewing.


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