What are terminal emulation programs used for? What are they? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Holmes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3270 Terminal Emmulation Software
That bit with the auto mouse pointer routing sounds like an interesting idea. Something I hadn't thought of in this case. Sometimes in the past, I have often liked keeping them separate because I could mouse around to read screen contents and then click on a desired part of the screen to move the cursor to that part of the screen. Hope this makes sense. One really powerful feature in Extra, anyhow, is single clicks of the mouse move the 3270 cursor to the mouse pointer position. This is particularly handy while editing programs in ISPF. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:14:15AM -0400, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Hi, one thing which I prefer when using any sort of terminal program > is setting the mouse pointer to follow the cursor. That way if I > type a command and quickly need to review the output, I just press > numpad-8 to move the mouse pointer one line up from where it last > moved. This also comes in handy if using menu style programs where a > highlight may move and we see it as a cursor. Also, if you are in a > menu and you quickly need to read certain parts of the screen such > as a customer database entry, user windows may help. > > Thanks. > > On 3/13/2011 9:37 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > >I'm glad to hear that it works with Window-Eyes. Yeah, I figured on > >the mouse key review action. I had to do that with Extra too and I > >can't see any other way to do that anyway because 3270 stuff is > >largely full screen oriented anyway. Did you have any issues with > >having to redraw screens to keep the Off Screen Model current? > > > >Were you able to access all functions of the program? > > > >On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 03:08:23PM -0600, Joe Lanier wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have used hummingbird and it is somewhat accessable. The vt100 emulation > >>works well, but, you need to use the mouse keys to read the terminal screen. > >>This is the case with all of the emulaters I have used I.e. putty, telnet > >>and so on. This package can utilize many emulations including 3270. > >> > >>Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Steve Holmes [mailto:[email protected]] > >>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 2:14 PM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: 3270 Terminal Emmulation Software > >> > >>I have come into a new programming gig in California at an IBM facility > >>where they use a software package called "Humming Bird" to connect the PC to > >>the mainframe for 3270 terminal access. Has anyone heard of this software > >>and if so, how well might it work with Window-Eyes? > >> > >>I just got offered this job and expect to start a week from this Monday! If > >>Humming Bird turns out to be a bust with WE, then I think they are willing > >>to be flexible with an alternative. I happen to own a personal copy of > >>Extra for Windows version 6.5 that I can bring in but I would like to see or > >>know in advance if their native stuff would work instead. > >> > >>Thanks for any ideas and input. > >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > >>only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > >>related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > >>[email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > >> > >>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > >>manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > >> > >> > >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. 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