I opened a question to IBM on why editors work and the answer I got was the editor had to edit the file in place and couldn't make a copy and edit the copy.
In checking editor here is what I have found Editors that work with WSA - Notepad, PFE, THE, txtedit, vim, context, Crimson Editor Editors that DON'T work with WSA - synedit, cpe, xpad, editpadlite, Ultraedit I am currently using context, a free editor that has hiliting for many languages including ASMA90, ISPF Panels, JCL, PLI, ISPF Skeletons, REXX, and SAS. E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:27 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: PC Editor (was: favorite way to print mainframe assemblies) > > In a recent note, Dave Salt said: > > > Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:52:35 +0000 > > > > >From my perspective, it's nice to be able to select a mainframe file from > > >an > > ISPF session (e.g. select a member from a member list) and have it open on > > my PC using my favorite PC/workstation editor. From past experience I know > > that some workstation editors work very well with WSA, while others do not. > > Examples of those that work are NotePad, SPF/PC, and THE. Examples of those > > that don't (or didn't) work with WSA are XPAD, UltraEdit, and Synedit. > > > What makes an editor work or fail to work with WSA? My first suspect > would be synchronous vs. asynchronous operation. An editor operating > asynchronously launches the edit session in a new window, then returns > immediately to command line prompt. If WSA perceives this apparent > command termination as completion of the edit session and then restores > the file to a z/OS directory, undesirable results occur. > > Editors operating in the command window rarely have this problem. > Editors with an asynchronous mode need to have a WAIT option. > > -- gil > -- > StorageTek > INFORMATION made POWERFUL > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
