Re: x5250 destructive backspace?
Evan List <paratwa950-/[email protected]>
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>--- On Mon, 1/25/10, James Rich <[email protected]> wrote:> > >From: James Rich <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] x5250 destructive backspace? >To: "Linux 5250 Development Project" <linux5250-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> >Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 2:32 PM > >On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Evan List wrote: > >> I've been using the wonderful x5250 5250 emulator made by James Rich. It does nearly >>everything we need from an emulator. > >Thank you for saying so :) > >> Some of my new users have been asking for a destructive backspace (where the backspace key >will delete the character as well as move the cursor back on space). >> >> I found the posting of someone else asking for this on tn5250. Using those instructions I >>edited the source of tn5250 and compiled successfully, and destructive backspace works in >>tn5250! I then compiled x5250-0.5.2-pre4 against that. Sadly x5250 seems to have its own >>change needed. While it compiles and executes fine, it still does not backspace and delete >the character. >> >> Does anyone know if there is a source change or even a command line flag that could enable >>this? > >There isn't currently an option to enable destructive backspace. It wasn't a priority since >real 5250 terminals don't have it. However, there's no reason why it couldn't be enabled. >This will require a source code change. The code should probably look for an option called >+destructivebackspace or something like that in ~/.tn5250rc. Can you point me to the >instructions you found for destructive backspace intn5250? > >James Rich Instructions are in this post: http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250/200506/msg00002.html The help was provided by one...James Rich! :) I'd be fine with a similar code change that I could just compile in. Currently I'm using your x5250-0.5.2-pre4.tar.gz package. I appreciate the help, thanks. Evan -- This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: LINUX5250-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/linux5250 or email: LINUX5250-request-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.