Use LEXX. (Though I wish someone would fix the parsing of the DATE
function parameters in the RX$$ parser.)

Peter

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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mike Walter
Sent: February 20, 2008 10:25
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

Ohhhhhh goody ...a mid-week religious war!!  Man the cannons!  Mount the

horses!  Call up the reserves, this could be a long war!    :-)

My initial thought was: On the LEFT, naturally -- where God intended it
to 
be!  If it belonged on the right it would be called the line SUFFIX
area!! 
 :-)

But the real answer is, of course, and to borrow Bill Bitner's favorite 
answer: It depends.

Are you just writing text or a note?   Then maybe on the right... or not

at all (try entering from the XEDIT command line: POWER)

Are you writing code with frequent line moves/deletes?  Then maybe on
the 
left.

Do you have PComm's WONDERFUL "Rule" turned on?  (It displays a thin 
full-screen horizontal and vertical line, or "rule", where the cursor is

located, making code line-up a piece of cake.  My PComm keyboard is set
to 
turn Rule off and on by pressing Alt and '+' -- the '+' above the '='). 
Then maybe you can be happy with the prefix area on either side (not 
concurrently, that would be weird and probably illegal in conservative 
States).

Are you writing an XEDIT application for others to use?  Then the answer

might be: ask THEM where they like it, and permit then to change their 
mind with a simple toggle left/right PFkey press so that they don't have

to call you for support when they inevitably change their minds. 

So... the real answer can probably be summed up as: place it where ever
it 
makes YOU the most productive; and remember that you can change you mind

any time.

Mike Walter 
Hewitt Associates 
Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily 
represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates.



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Where does the prefix field belong? 
On the left? 
or 
On the right? 


 
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