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- Welcome to tn3270 5.0.0 for Linux (and maybe other places if it compiles there)!
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- This code was orginally from UCB's TN3270 4.1.1, and much of the code is
- still as it was in that release. I have made a few changes. First off,
- in the /etc/map3270 file I've added support for a US console (sorry to
- all of you who use other types of consoles, if you've got one for a Finish
- or some other sort of keyboard, send it too me, and I'll try to create
- a directory for alternative options). The entry I've got in there supports
- the PF keys on a 101 key keyboard, and the clear key is the + on the key
- pad - check out map3270 for further info.
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- A problem with the way tn3270 was handling unformatted screens was discovered.
- This resulted in tn3270 looping whenever you entered a lower case L in
- position 1,1 (a normal position for entering background CICS transactions). I
- fixed that, but on occasion you will get a slow screen paint. Annoying, but
- at least you don't end up in limbo.
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- I also added support for a printscreen function. The actual map3270 function
- was already there (lprt), but wasn't attached to anything. It now can be
- defined. To specify the proper method of printscreening for your printer
- use the environment vars TMPDIR to specify your temp directory that you want
- to use for printing and PRINT to specify the command (like lpr -Plw or some
- such) you want to use for printing.
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- I'm changing version numbers (now starting with 5.0.0) in the interest of
- keeping my sanity, and to indicate a divergence from tn3270 4.1.1.
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- As usuall a disclaimer, I didn't say this was suitable for anything in
- particular, but I hope you find it useful!
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- Have fun!
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- Eric Kasten
- tigger@tigger.cl.msu.edu
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- P.S. - If you have some problems let me know, but I can't promise immediate
- responses; I'm a touch busy these days.
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