And, if you have lots of files in the XEDIT ring, use my RING XEDIT macro (part of http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?LISTSG ) - "RING xyz" executes xyz in all files in the ring - "RING" displays the files in the ring in a FILELIST like way and lets you execute XEDIT commands to them I used this often when I had to apply changes to similar, but not identical, files.
Oh yes, and how do you get many files in the RING without having to type their names? If you use my enhanced FILELIST, you can enter X2 (instead of X) in FLELIST to bring all these files in the ring where FILELIST lives. And to complement the explanation about SSAVE and FFILE: I saw quite some people that use FF (the abbrev of FFILE) as it is easier to type than FILE. By doing that, they no longer could profit of this extra protection XEDIT gives to avoid wiping out changes unexpectedly. Once I explained what they loosed they all stopped using FF and SS as "default" command. While at the subject: if you code XEDIT macros, and precede all XEDIT commands by COMMAND (to avoid user defined command synonyms), know then that FFILE is in fact a standard synonym. "COMMAND FFILE" doesn't exist. Synonym: FILE native command: PFILE Synonym: FFILE native command: FILE PFILE stands for "Protected FILE", that is the command with the extra protecting. Similar for SAVE/PSAVE/SSAVE and QUIT/PQUIT/QQUIT So in macros code "COMMAND FILE" if you want to file anyhow, and "COMMAND PFILE" if the extra wipe out protection is wanted. Why this complex setup? PFILE and friends were added later, and with the synonym setup macros that use COMMAND FILE remain compatible; end-users that type "FILE" get the extra protection automatically. 2008/11/21 Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And don't forget 'q ring' to see what files are in your top ring. > > BTW, once you have a ring, some commands will cause a new ring to be created > and push your current ring down. If you issue FILELIST or RDRLIST, and then > start to xedit a new member(s). Those members will be in a new ring. > > Sometimes you can forget that you already have a member, under xedit, and you > have made changes to that member without saving them. Then you stack the > ring and xedit the member again and make changes. The changes in that member > will not include the changes made to that member in the lower level ring (as > they were not saved). When you do a 'save' for the member in the top ring, > it will save without any messages. However, as you terminate the top ring > and pop the lower ring, if you try to save that member, you will get an error > message (ssave or ffile, will save the member and wipe out the changes you > made at the higher ring). Usually, when I get this I save the member under a > different name, and then compare the two members to see what changes I really > wanted. > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting > > If anyone ever sees my desk, you will understand that I might have xedit > sessions up for days/weeks. I got interrupted by some higher priority work, > and I just "stack". > > On Win/XP, I have I have 47 windows opened. 5 of them are TN3270 sessions. > However each session is a TUBES (session manager) session. Right now, the > session with the largest number of sessions, has 12 host sessions active. > > My life is really a mess <G> > >>>> Edward M Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/21/2008 12:17 PM >>> > Hello Everyone, > > Ok now to ask the next cursor question, > > I am Xediting two members (screen 2 with CMDLINE TOP), I would like to > have a pf key set to jump between screens. > > > VSE/ESA ICCF has CURSOR INPUT. z/VM 'CURSOR HOME' does not do it. > > > Ed Martin > Aultman Health Foundation > 330-588-4723 > ext 40441 > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rich Greenberg > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:52 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Switching between Xedit screens. > > On: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:48:21PM -0500,Howard Rifkind Wrote: > > } I first Xedit one file then Xedit a second file, now there is one up > front and one in the background. > } > } I don't want to do a 'screen 2' because it's to small, not enough text > showing. > } > } How do I flip between the two screens? There has to be an easy way to > do this. > > On the command line: "x" > > Or you can set a PF key to "x". > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
