> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott T. Harder > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:19 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Mainframe emulator part of a conspira cy • The Register > > My personal problem is that I have - for some stupid reason - > avoided *NIX like the plague. It just seemed like going > backwards to me when I *did* try to learn it pre-GUI. I just > figured, "why go back to a DOS-like or native TSO-like system???? > > But, I no longer have that excuse and - you are right, John - > this (open source) is probably the best way for me to go at > this point; unless a suitable mainframe shop presents itself > soon. Now... what to rename my corporation to??? ;-) > > All the best, > Scott > > Scott T. Harder
If UNIX is a plague, then what is Windows? <grin/> And I still do a lot on Linux work from the command line. But I agree that native TSO is for masochists. I just wish that there was a Linux editor which combines what I like in gvim, ISPF edit, and Xedit. Which would basically be an ISPF editor with GUI and regular expressions for find, change, and exclude. Oh, and a "macro" language of some sort (REXXish or Perl-ish) as well as user controllable syntax highlighting like gvim's. So maybe a gvim with "line commands" (and a "line command" area on each line) is closer to what I would like. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
