On Mon, 23 May 2011 18:22:13 +0200, Lindy Mayfield <lindy.mayfi...@ssf.sas.com> wrote:
>I have been using multiple ISPF screens for many years now, 12 or so. I have memorized what each one is. Like 1 is edit, 2 is SDSF, 3 is ISHELL, 4 is 3.4 and so on. > >Problem is that I still cannot figure out how to make PF9 swap between two screens that I want. Let's say I am in ISHELL on number 3 and I want to swap to number 6 for example. I put 6 in the command and hit PF9 and it goes there. Then I hit PF9 and it goes to #2 for example. I want it to go from 6 to 3. How do I do that? > >I know it can be done, because I do it accidentally quite often, but even after all these years I haven't figured out the pattern. > >thank you very much >Lindy Lindy, I have been playing here with my sessions and I do not think you can do as you'd like unfortunately. I too use multiple sessions, sometimes I run out of them (the limit being 8)! With my ID I have changed all my PF2 settings to the START command and PF9 to SWAP NEXT. As John pointed out, I do have the SWAPBAR command invoked, and you can see the panel names at the bottom of your screen. If I'm on screen #2 for instance, I can type SWAP 5 and it will go to screen 5 (as noted on the display with an asterisk next to the screen you are on). I then can go to all the others using the SWAP n command, but a SWAP PREV only takes me back one in the list as noted on the SWAPBAR display. So I don't think the SWAP command is intuitive enough to know what screen you really were previously on. Sorry! The SWAPBAR is a neat feature, although I find it cumbersome to tab down to the right screen and hit enter to get to it. It is just faster to hit my PF9 SWAP NEXT command. Same with SWAP LIST. My opinion only, of course. HTH, Pat L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
