Re: dsmadmc keyboard input problem
Same applies for Enter your user id: prompt, backspace behaves differently than command line entering. On 1/22/06, Jurjen Oskam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 02:16:07PM -0600, Mike wrote: Have you tried changing your terminal emulation and the TERM variable? Yes, I have, as I explicitly mentioned. The problem is not that Backspace does or doesn't work, the problem is that with the *same* settings, it works *differently* depending on what kind of input dsmadmc expects. And this wouldn't even be a problem if dsmadmc rejected input like nyes or y^Hn. -- Jurjen Oskam -- Helder Garcia
Re: dsmadmc keyboard input problem
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 02:16:07PM -0600, Mike wrote: Have you tried changing your terminal emulation and the TERM variable? Yes, I have, as I explicitly mentioned. The problem is not that Backspace does or doesn't work, the problem is that with the *same* settings, it works *differently* depending on what kind of input dsmadmc expects. And this wouldn't even be a problem if dsmadmc rejected input like nyes or y^Hn. -- Jurjen Oskam
Re: dsmadmc keyboard input problem
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Jurjen Oskam might have said: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 02:16:07PM -0600, Mike wrote: Have you tried changing your terminal emulation and the TERM variable? Yes, I have, as I explicitly mentioned. The problem is not that Backspace does or doesn't work, the problem is that with the *same* settings, it works *differently* depending on what kind of input dsmadmc expects. And this wouldn't even be a problem if dsmadmc rejected input like nyes or y^Hn. Sorry, was rushing off and read too fast. Mike
dsmadmc keyboard input problem
Hi there, Some time ago, while using dsmadmc (on AIX 5.3) to do some filespace-maintenance, I noticed that dsmadmc does something interesting when it asks you if you really want to delete a particular filespace. When you enter a DELETE FILESPACE command, you're normally asked if you really want to delete the filespace, with a prompt indicating that dsmadmc want a Y or a N for an answer. I noticed that dsmadmc doesn't care what you type, as long as the first character is either a Y or a N (or the lower case variant). For example, typing nyes will not delete the filespace, typing yno *will* delete the filespace. While this is debatable (IMHO), this gets nasty when you combine this with how dsmadmc handles other input, like, say, Backspace. I have tried on two types of Unix terminal emulators: PuTTY (xterm, send Backspace as Ctrl-?), and the HMC supplied virtual terminal (vt320). When entering commands, keys like the cursor keys and backspace work and do what you'd expect. Backspace deletes the character left of the cursor. If I type: q pgbackspacerenter, I get the output of the QUERY PROCESS command, as expected. However, when I enter a DELETE FILESPACE command and dsmadmc asks me if I'm really sure, and I type: ybackspacenenter, the deletion *will* occur, i.e.: the filespace is *gone*. Depending on the terminal I've seen y^Hn or just plain n (which is particularly nasty), but once you've typed the initial y there's no way except Ctrl-C to prevent the deletion. I then changed (on the PuTTY) session my TERM environment variable to dumb. This caused the Backspace-key to work as generally expected when I was asked if I was sure to delete the given filespace. However, it *also* caused the Backspace key to not work at all during normal command entering. I am aware that Unix and terminal emulation can be a tricky issue, but I believe there *is* a problem in dsmadmc in this case, because it treats the same keypress (Backspace) differently in different parts of the program. Also, the fact that dsmadmc only looks at the first character of input when asking a Y/N-question, is IMHO not quite correct. What do you think? -- Jurjen Oskam
Re: dsmadmc keyboard input problem
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Jurjen Oskam might have said: Hi there, Some time ago, while using dsmadmc (on AIX 5.3) to do some filespace-maintenance, I noticed that dsmadmc does something interesting when it asks you if you really want to delete a particular filespace. When you enter a DELETE FILESPACE command, you're normally asked if you really want to delete the filespace, with a prompt indicating that dsmadmc want a Y or a N for an answer. I noticed that dsmadmc doesn't care what you type, as long as the first character is either a Y or a N (or the lower case variant). For example, typing nyes will not delete the filespace, typing yno *will* delete the filespace. While this is debatable (IMHO), this gets nasty when you combine this with how dsmadmc handles other input, like, say, Backspace. I have tried on two types of Unix terminal emulators: PuTTY (xterm, send Backspace as Ctrl-?), and the HMC supplied virtual terminal (vt320). When entering commands, keys like the cursor keys and backspace work and do what you'd expect. Backspace deletes the character left of the cursor. If I type: q pgbackspacerenter, I get the output of the QUERY PROCESS command, as expected. However, when I enter a DELETE FILESPACE command and dsmadmc asks me if I'm really sure, and I type: ybackspacenenter, the deletion *will* occur, i.e.: the filespace is *gone*. Depending on the terminal I've seen y^Hn or just plain n (which is particularly nasty), but once you've typed the initial y there's no way except Ctrl-C to prevent the deletion. I then changed (on the PuTTY) session my TERM environment variable to dumb. This caused the Backspace-key to work as generally expected when I was asked if I was sure to delete the given filespace. However, it *also* caused the Backspace key to not work at all during normal command entering. I am aware that Unix and terminal emulation can be a tricky issue, but I believe there *is* a problem in dsmadmc in this case, because it treats the same keypress (Backspace) differently in different parts of the program. Also, the fact that dsmadmc only looks at the first character of input when asking a Y/N-question, is IMHO not quite correct. What do you think? -- Jurjen Oskam Have you tried changing your terminal emulation and the TERM variable? Mike
