[NFBCS] Creating a Wikki - was 3270 emulation success

[Tracy Carcione]

I would be happy to write a Wikki on my 3270 solution, if there was a place to put it.  I believe in documentation.  It's helped me many times over the years, and I'd be happy to help someone else, too.  The pleasure of helping someone else in the same boat is enough for me.

I'd also be willing to gather solutions to other problems that I see on this list, though, if they're for systems I don't use, I can't really tell what's useful from what's not so much.
I keep a file of notes from a couple lists, and some of the entries are like:  try XYZ, or try PRS, or Jack says try ABC.
But I don't actually know which of those solutions works, if any.
It would be great if people wrote back to the list and said what worked for them, but most don't.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jack Heim via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 8:41 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Cc: Jack Heim
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] 3270 emulation success

Right, you mean getting people to put content on the wiki is a problem. 
The NFB draws a lot of loyalty from its members. When Tracy takes the 
time to explain her solution to this problem on this list, that shows a 
level of commitment. Its not that much more to ask to write a wiki entry.


But its true that getting content is really difficult. At IAVIT we 
considered creating a monthy award for the MVP (most valuable poster) or 
even having a random drawing each month for a gift card based on number 
of edits.  It would be a lot of work. Writing a whole article should get 
a lot more credit than changing a single word. Somebody would have to 
oversee all that.


No matter what, I think setting up a wiki is worth a try.  You never 
know, mabye Federationists are motivated and loyal enough to make it 
work. I think if the NFBCS web site becomes the place to go for info on 
accessibility, that would be a huge feather in the NFB's cap.




On 2/26/20 9:03 PM, David Andrews via NFBCS wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Setting up a Wikki isn't necessarily hard -- feeding it is harder.  
> This list does have an archive, but unfortunately it isn't necessarily 
> easy to search. Between cPanel, and Mailman, they make setting up a 
> search on the site difficult.
>
> You can search using Google, or another search engine, just add NFBCS 
> and nfbnet.org to your search terms.
>
> We could set up separate lists, although there are a couple other 
> lists on nfbnet.org that take technical questions. That is a big 
> reason why gui-talk was set up years ago. Its use has changed though.
>
> I will, of course do what the division wants.
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:59 AM 2/26/2020, you wrote:
>> This is a good idea.  How hard is that to set up?  Could it be on
>> Wikkipedia, or something like that?
>> We have lots of helpful hints on lots of programs and tools. Some 
>> show up
>> in Google results, and some don't.  Just making them easy to find 
>> could be
>> very helpful to lots of blind programmers.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jack Heim via
>> NFBCS
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 11:08 AM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Cc: Jack Heim; Tracy Carcione
>> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] 3270 emulation success
>>
>> The NFBCS should have a wiki so knowledge like this could be set down
>> somewhere that others could find it.
>>
>> On 2/26/20 8:54 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
>> > With help from Glen Gordon, I was able to get 3270 emulation to 
>> work well
>> > with Jaws on Windows 10.
>> >
>> > The answer was to get the latest version of the emulator, the latest
>> version
>> > of Jaws, and then figure out the necessary settings.For Hummingbird 
>> Host
>> > Explorer, the settings that are working for me are:
>> >
>> > Set Windows resolution and scale to 1920 X 1080, 150%.
>> >
>> > In the emulator, set cursor to blinking vertical bar.
>> >
>> > Set font to he_bitmap, size 16X35.
>> >
>> > Under Options, Session Properties, Display, set to ignore blinking
>> > attribute.  I only need this to make cursor routing on the braille 
>> display
>> > work.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I am still not able to insert text on a line, but everything else 
>> works
>> > great.  I expect it's some profile or emulator setting, but haven't
>> figured
>> > it out yet, and it's not a deal-breaker.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Many thanks to Glen for his help and moral support.
>> >
>> > Tracy
>
>
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