/*DLW wrote:
I have to say, after using both XEDIT and ISPF, that using XEDIT is
like Bowling without thumbs. I have been a Sysprog for many years and
have had the "pleasure" of using both. (So spare me the "n00b" label,
kids.....) ;-)
My impression of XEDIT is that it is the VM equivilent of "VI" under
Unix. That is to say, archaic, yet powerful, intuitive ONLY to the
"power-user" types, and at the same time primitive in its presentation
and capabilities.
FILEL is a poor "replacement for PDF. After all these years one would
assume that some unification would have occurred between the two
environments(ISPF(w/EDIT and XEDIT). I can truly say that I could only
hope that XEDIT would become more like ISPF, than the other way
around.
VM is great but suffers the same "PR" that Linux does. XEDIT does it
no favors, as much as "VI" does for Linux.
previous post referencing where the resources might come from
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007g.html#4 ISPF Limitations (was: Need for small
machines ...)
old email about XEDIT being chosen to ship rather than an internal
editor that had been widely deployed internally for some number of years (i.e.
this was in period when almost all internal edit/development went on under
VM/CMS ...
regardless of what product it involved).
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006u.html#email800311 800311
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006u.html#email800312 800312
one of the come-backs was request for documentation on all the better/more features
and they would look into adding the support to XEDIT ... somewhat ignoring the issue of
where might the resources come from (then came the line about it being the
responsibility
of the RED author to make XEDIT as good as RED).
a couple recent posts about POK convincing corporate to kill off VM, transfer
all
the resources to POK and assigned to help turn-out MVS/XA ... and Endicott
managing
to salvaging very small number of the people and mission ...
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007.html#23 How to write a full-screen Rexx debugger?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007e.html#41 IBM S/360 series operating systems
history
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007f.html#7 IBM S/360 series operating systems
history
part of this possibly was big rush attempting to make up for a lot of (370
related)
lost yrs after future system project as killed (which had been planned to be the
replacement for 370)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#futuresys
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