> From: charl...@mcn.org > Well, we could beat this to death forever. Obviously Windows has a "split" > function just like ISPF -- except that it is much more flexible and supports > an unlimited number of splits rather than one.
One??? ISPF has supported a default of 8 splits for a very long time, and more can be defined if required. SPLIT NEW and SWAP NEXT swap between multiple split screens. > I think you could excuse any shortcoming using your logic. Suppose DD DSN= > only supported 32-character dataset names. One could excuse this behavior > with "IBM was kind enough to give us the DD statement. It was never intended > for datasets with long names ..." In the place where I grew up a red traffic light meant STOP. It was illegal to turn left or right on a red light. When I emigrated I discovered it was legal to turn right on a red light. I was delighted. However, there are a few intersections where turning right on a red light is prohibited. I don't complain about the rare circumstances where I can't turn right, but instead I take delight in all the other circumstances where I can turn right. Just because I can't turn right 100% of the time doesn't mean the system is broken. If it did, the only solution would be to allow people to always turn right (even in dangerous situations), or prohibit people from ever turning right. Neither of these 'solutions' is better than the current system where I can 'usually' turn right. In ISPF, I can 'usually' enter a TSO command on any ISPF panel, and it works. In rare situations (e.g. where the command is too long to fit on the command line or is case sensitive), I have to enter 3 extra characters on the command line; i.e. 'TSOCMD;' (followed by the TSO command) instead of just 'TSO '. I don't see entering 3 extra characters as a very big deal, and I think it's FAR less dangerous than taking the route of customizing panels to accept lowercase characters. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
