The TE command uses one big field. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 10:27 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Subject: Re: 3277-1 External Message: Use Caution On 8/26/25 19:21, Phil Smith III wrote: > The 3277-1 was 12x40. How did people use that? Did editors wrap lines, thus > making it effectively 6x80? I've wondered this for literally decades but > never remembered to ask! ... When I first used XEDIT it wrapped lines, depending on the bounds setting. I believe ISPF never (even to this day) got the wrap ability. The developers simply waited for larger terminals. But still, LRECL allows lines longer than any terminal. -- gil
