That would be GREAT! Especially for those of us Dinos that prefer Ishell for working in USS and end up in ISPF edit for files that are longer than 80.
Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: ISPF and long lines (was: CLIST/REXX Philosophy) On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:27:21 -0500, Stocker, Herman wrote: >I like it FB LRECL 80 so I can see it on terminal screen without having >to shift right and left. We only support 80 wide displays. If I could >get a display that would handle 255 with and still be readable I would >go for the VB Lrecl 255. > Why, why doesn't ISPF edit, as an option, provide the facility to display long lines as single fields occupying multiple screen lines, as XEDIT does. This makes insertion into a long line vastly easier. Users preferring to shift right and left could leave the option disabled (as is likewise possible in XEDIT). -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
