I know that PM is encumbered by ms IP, but I thought that SOM and WPS were
strictly IBM. Further, the SOM and WPS for OREXX require only the header files,
not the actual code of SOM and WPS.
I
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Subject: Re: TNZ 3270 Emulator: Any Experiences?
I agree. In the case of orexx, it was the case that those parts were encumbered
by intellectual property of unfriendly competitors; with this emulator, I
cannot imagine that. This must be the mistaken ‘modernize’ lobby at work; on
the other hand, at least it atmits the fact that you need a 3270 emulator.
René
> On 18 Nov 2022, at 17:31, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Open sourcing is good; dropping functionality in the process, not so much.
> Reminds me of ooRexx, where IBM did not open source the OM and WPS classes
> from OREXX.
>
>
> --
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
>
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> René Jansen [[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 1:41 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: TNZ 3270 Emulator: Any Experiences?
>
> Just installed TNZ (on an M1 Mac) - looking good, and the more emulators the
> merrier. Thanks for posting this link, and the medium article, would not have
> found out how to disarm SSL on my own easily.
>
> I have to admit to mixed feelings seeing this: on the plus side, it is very
> good to release this open source. On the minus side, it used to be a Rexx
> related tool and was (afaik) not very generously given out to customers. I
> remember having to script ehllapi in Rexx to do some of the things this can
> do in a more simple way.
>
> For me, the time to de-Rexx this could have been spent to add GDDM support.
> But you don't hear me complain about free and open source. It is good to see
> the rexx.py source, which implements some Rexx BIFSs in Python - I have
> already saved that for useful usage.
>
> Being a ZOC user on the Mac and Windows and a C3270 user on Linux, I have to
> find out a few things. First and foremost, how I can get a LINEFEED on the
> [Enter] key, SEND mapped to right-ctrl (or right COMMAND on the Mac) and
> CLEAR to the right Option key on the Mac. Because this is how 3270 keyboards
> were meant to be used and most people who complain to me about 3270 do not
> know this.
>
> Secondly, I did not figure out the copy/paste yet. This is an important
> function that a lot of the commercial emulators did not get exactly right,
> and is also a weaker point of C3270 (depending in which shell you run it).
>
> The medium article refers to anti.py for documentation. Is there some more
> doc I have to be aware of?
>
> best regards,
>
> René.
>
>> On 17 Nov 2022, at 12:05, Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Now if it would only support GDDM style graphics orders like PCOMM does...
>> DJ
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