[5067] in Athena Bugs
rt 7.0F: tn3270
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jun 4 16:27:14 1990
From: abennett@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 90 16:27:00 EDT
System name: crash
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.0F
Display type: apa16
What were you trying to do?
Use tn3270 to talk to MITVMA.MIT.EDU and CORNELLF.TN.CORNELL.EDU
What's wrong:
No highlighting of text (tn3270's method of representing reverse video)
unless I specify "xterm -fb vtbold"
What should have happened:
Should get highlighting automatically.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
It's very important that tn3270 have highlighting. When dealing with
the IBM/VM system, you have no other indicator of which line is the active one.
Also, in help and documentation systems, it is used to indicate which keywords
have more information about them. You put your cursor on the highlighted
word and hit return for more information. Without highlighting, you can't
tell what's going on.
tn3270 is used by anyone with an mitvma account, as well as all users
of the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility. It affects staff, faculty
and students.
-Drew
