On 22/06/2018 9:32 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:13:21 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote:
Steve Smith wrote:

Isn't #1 impossible?  From what I've retained (or think I have) of 3270
programming, a "tab" is merely the start of an unprotected field.
Catch-22.

Correct. You cannot tab to a protected field. And I suspect that a request
for an update to the 3270 protocol is not likely to be fulfilled at this
point.

I believe many emulators nowadays interpret double-click as "shoot".  Or
provide "shoot" as a pop-up selection.

But that requires using a mouse which is one of the the biggest productivity killers ever invented, especially for text UIs.

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