In article <4212144266386912.wa.paulgboulderaim....@listserv.ua.edu> you wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 15:02:48 -0800, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
> >Does anyone actually run X-Windows on z/OS?? Seems to me GUI things such as > >the Explorer tools, the Debug Tool (and other Productivity Tools) GUI, etc., > >and even RDz could be well served by being X-Windows client applications.? > >But what do I know... > > > I had xterm (and xlogo) working several years ago. Today, SSH tunneling > isn't working for me. I can't justify making its repair a priority for our > admins (my judgment; I haven't requested it). > A while back I discovered a directory of the customary Java GUI demo > applets. I asked here if anyone had got them to work. The only answer > tendered here was to serve them with HTTPD and let the desktop > browser client do the rendering. Not the answer to the question I meant > to ask. > I have some vague recollection that SAS had a GUI remote debugger in > connection with their cross compiler. And it would seem to be a natural > for the Colesoft tools. > -- gil We have a GUI debugger, but it runs on Windows (not X11) and was never sold commercially. Some versions of SAS require X11 for some install programs. I know some people that actually like to use nedit on zos. I guess our box is big enough that it works well enough to be an alternative to things like vi or ISPF. I just tried it out using the X11 server running on OSX from home and it seems just as peppy as using any native OSX editor editing a local file. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/library/IBM+Redbooks/index.html#nedit -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive sas...@sas.com (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
