I had been using Putty connecting via openssh, tagging the file, setting the
_BPXK_AUTOCVT=ON and editing with vi for quick edits.  For longer ones I
would SFTP it in binary to Ultraedit, fix it up and SFTP it back.

Rob Schramm

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com>wrote:

> On 5/2/2011 11:30 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote:
>
>> This question isn't any sort of official IBM survey or anything like that
>> -- just a question arising out of personal curiosity.
>>
>> I'm wondering what IBM-MAINers like to use for editing Unicode (UTF-8,
>> UTF-16, and/or UTF-32) "files" on z/OS. There are of course graphical
>> options (notably Rational Developer for System z) which work great, but
>> for
>> this question I'm more focused on text editors that meet the following
>> attributes:
>>
>> 1. Accessible via TN3270E (i.e. "3270 editors") and/or Telnet (to z/OS
>> UNIX
>> System Services) -- i.e. "old school" terminal mode editors;
>> 2. Support editing UTF-8, UTF-16, and/or UTF-32;
>> 3. Support sequential (QSAM), VSAM, PDS/PDSE, HFS/zFS, DB2, and/or IMS
>> data
>> (i.e. "whatever you can imagine").
>>
>> If you'd like to reply to me offline, that's perfectly fine -- either way.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> - - - - -
>> Timothy Sipples
>> Resident Enterprise Architect
>> Value Creation&  Complex Deals Team
>> IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore)
>> E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com
>>
>
> I think editing Unicode files from ISPF would be great.
> It would allow you to build HTML pages in native mode
> and avoid translation. Most emulators could handle
> the extra characters (heck, even Notepad can handle
> Unicode). One problem might be keyboard entry. I've
> always thought this Russian keyboard could be modified
> to provide keys for all characters since each key is
> actually a small led screen:
>
>  http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
>
>
>
> --
>
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>
> -Steve Comstock
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