Re: iAccess CLient SOlutions 5250 "quirk"

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have no experience with the new emulator.

Me neither. I certainly would not mind trying it out, though. It's
just not something I can download and try on my own, as far as I can
tell. (I'm not the keeper of the ESS keys and whatnot.)

I
have *heavily* mapped my Client Access keyboard so that it behaves as close
to Windows as possible. In addition to the ones I mentioned already, I
have Ctrl-LeftArrow and Ctrl-RightArrow, both huge timesavers for me.
Among others.

I also have a relatively extensive mapping. But mine's a weird amalgam
of Windows and the old, genuine 5250 dumb terminals, and then a few of
my own unique optimizations sprinkled in.

It seems that there are just a handful folks who do a lot of mapping,
while almost everyone else simply doesn't do any. It boggles my mind
when I see people who are usually very handy and quick with
copy-and-paste keyboard shortcuts (such as in Excel), but then slow
all the way down to click the buttons in Client Access (and native,
fat-client successors). Actually, most people I watch don't even use
the toolbar buttons; they pull down the Edit menu.

Maybe it shouldn't boggle my mind. These people I'm watching include
seasoned programmers.

John Y.