In addition to all of the other translations that may be invoked, a 3270 with text or APL has two built-in code pages and uses the GE character to select the alternate page. ISPF has to deal with that if you select the appropriate terminal type.
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Grant Taylor <0000023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TN3270, EBCDIC and ASCII On 10/10/23 3:15 PM, Rick Troth wrote: > The copy-n-paste point makes me wonder if the fonts are actually mapped > to ASCII values. I was wondering the same thing. I'm watching the thread to learn more. > I don't know graphical environments well enough to analyze it. But it > would mean that, yes, there *is* A/E translation happening even in the > graphical 3270 emulators. (In hopes of not steering Juan wrong with what > I said before.) I would have naively assumed that the A/E translation is happening between the TN3270* protocol and the in memory screen buffer. This would mean that the buffer can be displayed with any font the user chooses /and/ it would more cleanly support copy / paste. *I actually assume that similar would happen with communications using more traditional SNA on the LAN; e.g. DLC. -- If memory even remotely serves after a long day. -- Grant. . . . unix || die ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
