Mark Post wrote:
Probably the same way the Linux 3270 console driver does it. It knows enough to set the attribute byte for the field to be non-display.
Attended an IBM official SNA course in Phoenix in April, 1998 with a retired-and-back-to-consult IBM'er.
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