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x3270 3.2 General Release x3270 is an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for the X window system. Documentation is in the html directory. The files are: Intro What x3270 is Lineage Where x3270 came from (copyright stuff) Build How to build and install x3270 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (what to do when something goes wrong) Attributes A translation table for 3270 field attributes Resources Voluminous documentation of all the X resources used by x3270 Charset An explanation of x3270's use of fonts and character sets Keymap How to create a custom x3270 keymap Brackets How to get [ and ] to display correctly New What's new in this release Bugs What's broken in this release Wishlist What isn't in this release Y2K Year 2000 Compliance Statement There is also a hypertext version of the x3270 man page, and of the man pages for x3270if, x3270-script and ibm_hosts. Please read Build before going ahead and building the program. Also, if you have a problem, scan through FAQ; there are lots of interesting answers there. Updates to x3270, as well as the current status of development and bugs, are available from the x3270 Web Page, http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/7814. Updates are also available on ftp.x.org and several X11R6 mirror sites, usually in the /contrib/applications/x3270 directory. Feel free to send comments, criticism, suggestions, complaints, etc., to Paul Mattes, Paul.Mattes@usa.net. Requests will be addressed as time and resources permit. There is also an x3270 mailing list, which receives news about new releases. Send a message to Paul.Mattes@usa.net (a real person, with an automatic responses for certain subject lines) to get on the list.