Re: [LINUX5250] color attribute problem

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, phil wrote:

> If you guys don't see anything weird pehaps you could help 
> me with the source code.
>
> 1.  Does tn5250 use ncurses "out of the box"?

tn5250 uses whatever curses you have installed.  If that is ncurses, then 
that is what is used.

> 2.  Does it use ncurses exactly the same in console mode
>     or under xterm?

I don't think so (see below).

>   ASIDE:  if so, why is it that under xterm, an underlined field
>            is underlined.  in console mode, only the portion which
>             has not been entered is underlined.  It seems something
>                graphical is going on here, unless ncurses is smart
>                 enough to know its on X.

The console does not have such a thing as underlines - only underscores 
(maybe the other way around).  IIRC the problem is with the console's 
inability to display all the features we need.

> 4.  Where in the source would i look for attributes from AS400 are
>     parsed and where they affect curses attributes.

In cursesterm.c look at curses_terminal_update()

James Rich

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