Re: [LINUX5250] Re: TN5250 0.16.2 released!

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Martin Rowe wrote:
>
> It works the same as in CA (or KMail) when going right, but places the cursor
> at the end of the word when going left. As an example from the signon screen
>
> Display . . . . . :   QPADEV0006
> ^       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   ^           # ^ = stop points for CA/KMail
> r       r r r r r r   r           # r = stop points for tn5250 moving right
>       l l l l l l l   l           # l = stop points for tn5250 moving left
>
> In addition the other apps will move onto the [start of the next|end of the
> previous] line and carry on from there, once they reach the [start|end] of
> the line being processed. Having never used this functionality until it got
> mentioned on the list, I can't say I'm bothered either way, but it might be
> nice to emulate that too.

Making it do those things is not a problem -- but not having either of
those applications, I had to guess at what to do :)   I'll change it to
make it work like CA/Kmail, when I get a chance (hopefully today)

What does it do when it gets to the start/end of a screen?  wrap around
or stop?


> One other, slightly related question. Is it possible to have a key binding
> for start of the current line/field (as a matching function to End), like
> Home does in pretty much any other app I've used. I know Home has a special
> meaning in 5250 but would a Shift-Home (or something else) be possible
> without breaking anything?

That should be easy enough to do.   Shouldn't break anything... I'll look
at that, too...