Moravia wrote:
> I've started modifying the filesystem from the iso image at
> thinknic.com. I may try to burn a CD tonight or tomorrow to see how it
> goes.
>
> I'm thinking that the best way to do it is to either merge all data from
> /etc/flashupgrade.tar to /etc/flash.tar and create a new
> /etc/flashupgrade.tar OR just add my new info to /etc/flashupgrade.tar.
> Either way, for the scripts alreay present to process my files, I think
> I need to increase the version number on the CD.
>
> I added the binary for xterm and the library that was not already on the
> cd. I added my tn5250 binary, the XTerm file (actually, everything from
> /usr/local/share/tn5250/).
>
> I'm a little stuck on where to put the .tn5250rc though. I'm guessing
> I can add it to the flashupgrade.tar in the web subdirectory.
Hmm, I don't know where the home directories are, but tn5250 also reads
/etc/tn5250rc if it exists. This seems to be the right place for any
configuration
on the nic. Configuration that shouldn't change, anyway. I don't know
about
the flash.
>
>
> When running xt5250 without parms, a dialog is displayed asking for host
> or IP. I know from testing that I can enter a name from my .tn5250rc
> and it will work. Does it pick up any settings if I haven't specified a
> hostname in .tn5250rc? (Meaning I always want a particular display
> type, but someone else's AS/400 is going to have a different
> IP address. I could hardcode mine, but there should be a better way.)
Just add the settings to the tn5250rc file, e.g.
# my rc file
env.TERM=IBM-xxxx
-underscores
And those will get picked up every time unless overrided on the command
line.
>
>
> Is there existing software to maintain the .tn5250rc file? Perhaps that
> could be added to the cd since the file will be on flash.
Nope. The gtk/gnome terminal emulator (far from complete) has partial
dialogs
for editing configuration and reading/writing it, but it doesn't yet work.
> I've been browsing the cd all day and think this might work. Just
> looking for some insight to do it a "better" way than what I'll come up
> with. (I'm a "make it work" person and don't think in perspective of
> "do it right")
>
> I'll post my results as I get them.
>
Please do. Is python on that CD? Is there enough room for it? If
there's enough
room for python and pygtk, I'll see if I can refine some of that stuff
and make
the gui emulator work.
-Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice
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