> Isn't writing code macros a bit dated? No. Aren't editors that don't allow writing macros a bit dated? Trivial example:
/* REXX from TSPF - not tested in ISPF */ address ISREDIT "MACRO" "CURSOR = 1 1" "(NEW) = LINENUM .ZCSR" "(LAST) = LINENUM .ZLAST" "(NLINE) = LINE" NEW do while NEW ¬= LAST OLD =NEW OLINE=NLINE "CURSOR =" OLD+1 "(NEW) = LINENUM .ZCSR" "(NLINE) = LINE "NEW if NLINE=OLINE then do 'DELETE' NEW 'CURSOR =' OLD "(NEW) = LINENUM .ZCSR" end "(LAST) = LINENUM .ZLAST" end > In Vim I can record macros. In ISPF I don't need them. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 8:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF for mainframe Linux On 28/01/2021 8:25 am, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Yes, and you can write macros for it. Still, when you have ISPF available > there's little call to use TSO EDIT. Isn't writing code macros a bit dated? In Vim I can record macros. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > Tony Harminc [t...@harminc.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: ISPF for mainframe Linux > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 at 11:21, Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com> wrote: > >> That's probably true, but around 2005 when I didn't have enough z/OS >> work to do, I moved about half my time over to the dark side of AIX, >> Linux, and at least a couple of other Unixes that I can't remember - >> working with a bunch of folks who never touched a mainframe. I don't >> remember a single complaint about vi from them. I did ask why (in the >> world) they used it, and they said because it's always available by >> default - no install needed. > TSO "EDIT" is always available on z/OS... Doesn't even require a 3270! > > Tony H. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN