Cmdline belongs on the bottom, because we¹re not z/OS. nuf said. I generally run with the scale and current line in the center of the screen, and with num on, because sometimes cmdline commands are more convenient when you don¹t have to guess at the line numbers. The only problem with Num On is that sometimes repeated prefix commands... Don¹t. i.e. When the count happens to overlay the same digit in the line number.
The gist of the whole thing is that Xedit allows you to have the environment you want to have, without a lot of effort in getting it that way. What isn¹t there, you can easily create and what is there... Is a whole lot. To those who were in on the creation of Xedit, and those who currently maintain it: Thanks for a job well done! I¹ve used a lot of editors on a lot of different platforms, and I continually find myself thinking ³Gee, I wish I had Xedit here....² For all the editor bigots out there everywhere, I¹d like to submit the following cartoon, which we got a huge kick out of here. ³Real Programmers Use Butterflies²: http://xkcd.com/378/ Enjoy your day, and thank you for choosing Xedit. We hope you enjoyed your flight. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 2/20/08 11:54 AM, "Bob Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gotta say I like it on the left, occasionally moving it to the right, and > sometimes with NUM ON, which on the right might look like sequence numbers > that belong on 80-column type cards, but I digress. > > Would a Chinese XEDIT have it top or bottom? > > And what about CMDLINE? Scale? all those wonderful moveable features we love > so much. Why single out poor old prefix. > > Bob Bates > Enterprise Hosting Services - Enterprise Virtualization - z/VM and z/Linux > <http://ehs.homestead.wellsfargo.com/Mainframe/zSS/zSE/zVM-zLinux/Pages/defaul > t.aspx> > > w. (469)892-6660 > c. (214) 907-5071 > > ³This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you > must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any > information herein. 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If it belonged on the right it would be called the line SUFFIX area!! > * > * :-) > * > * > * > * THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER!!!!! > * > ****************************************************************************** > * > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Mike Walter > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:25 AM > 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. > > > > "Huegel, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > 02/20/2008 09:05 AM > Please respond to > "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > > To > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > cc > > Subject > Impromptu XEDIT Survey > > > > > > > Where does the prefix field belong? > On the left? > or > On the right? > > > > The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may > contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from > disclosure. 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