> The UTS Global 3270 line-mode driver was designed to handle many
> commonly encountered ESC sequences too, for example those generated by
> the ls command in its full-color glory; ...
It is conceivable that applications like 'yast'
could be modified so that what they see as a "block mode ANSI" terminal,
really a 3270 thru this driver, were no problem. I mean, consider
what YaST does: it presents a bunch of coloured text stuff
and waits for a few simple user key-press events.
Eliminate the alphabetic stuff, let it be driven by F-keys and such,
and YaST could run from the green screen in your S/390 data center!!
It's been 15 years, and I don't have the code anymore,
but I *know* that ANSI X3.64 type output can be converted to 3270.
I did it with UTS, after all. Going the other way (input),
well yeah, of course that's tougher. But it can be done.
And it doesn't have to be as hard as what Arty went thru with TNVT100
because the burden is on the applications to behave.
...
> On the other hand, there are things a PC tube can do that even a 3279
> cannot, as far as I know (and I'd be delighted to be wrong), namely
> specify a different foreground color and background color. Still,
> there are problems with the current implementation. I'll get the patch
> out real soon now.
This is wonderfully encouraging news, Richard.
We do appreciate your contribution! I just wish that someone
(at SuSE for YAST, elsewhere for others) would get one or two
apps ready for the "block mode ANSI" tube.
