On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:22:11 -0800, Charles Mills wrote:
>
>Is there a way ***from the ISPF command line*** to type something similar to
>
>Option ===> TSO FOO bar
>
>And have FOO (which is assumed to be a Rexx CLIST) see 'bar' rather than
>'BAR'?
>
Depends on the command line. In EDIT, for example, which naturally
deals with mixed case data, it works. Most other panels specify that
the command line (and other text entry fields) are to be converted
on input.
I deem it a design flaw that the case conversion is performed before
the TSO escape is recognized, rather than after. Isn't this
handled by the input routine, not by code in the various panels?
This design choice should be considered Overcome by Events, even
outside Rexx, since the widespread adoption of Unix System Services:
Option +++> TSO ALLOCATE path('/dev/null')
... although it was ever problematic with commands such as SEND.
PMR, anyone? (Expect WAD!)
-- gil
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