# x3270 4.0 General Release

x3270 is an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for X11.

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
  A complete list of x3270 resources (configuration items)
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
ReleaseNotes
  What's new in this release
SSL
  How to use x3270 with the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Bugs
  What's broken in this release
Wishlist
  What isn't in this release

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 webpage.

Feel free to send comments, criticism, suggestions, complaints, etc., to Paul Mattes, paul.mattes@case.edu. Requests will be addressed as time and resources permit.

There is also an x3270 mailing list, which receives news about new releases. You can subscribe to this list here.