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1x3270 3.1.1 General Release
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3x3270 is an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for X windows.
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5Documentation is in the Docs directory (plain text) and the html directory
6(hypertext). The files are:
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8Intro
9     What x3270 is
10Lineage
11     Where x3270 came from (copyright stuff)
12Build
13     How to build and install x3270
14FAQ
15     Frequently Asked Questions (what to do when something goes wrong)
16Attributes
17     A translation table for 3270 field attributes
18Resources
19     Voluminous documentation of all the X resources used by x3270
20Charset
21     An explanation of x3270's use of fonts and character sets
22New
23     What's new in this release
24Bugs
25     What's broken in this release
26Wishlist
27     What isn't in this release
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29There is also a hypertext version of the x3270 man page, and of the man pages
30for x3270if, x3270-script and ibm_hosts.
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32Please read Build before going ahead and building the program. Also, if you
33have a problem, scan through FAQ; there are lots of interesting answers there.
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35Updates to x3270 are available on ftp.x.org and several X11R6 mirror sites,
36usually in the /contrib/applications/x3270 directory. Fixes are often
37distributed as patch files (you will need gnu patch to apply them) under the
38name fix.nn, e.g., the next fix to version 3.1.1 will be x3270-3.1.1.fix07.
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40Feel free to send comments, criticism, suggestions, complaints, etc., to Paul
41Mattes, x3270@cnt.com. Requests will be addressed as time and resources permit.
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43There is also an x3270 mailing list, which receives news about new releases.
44Send a message to x3270@cnt.com (it's a real person, with an automatic
45responses for certain subject lines) to get on the list.
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