I have an exec that uses OTTOSCR from the download site, I think it does pretty much what you are looking for. I wrote this several years ago when I had several VM's all running PROP and sending messages to this secondary user. It allows scrolling backward and forward and logging. If you want this exec you can have, no gaurentees.
________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Colin Allinson Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:49 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Writing a screen scrolling shell Rob van der Heij <rvdh...@gmail.com> Wrote :- > Yes, we can ... I recall using the CMS PIpelines "fullscr" stage to > build one that imitated the NetView style where the insertion point > for the new line is rolling over the screen (to save bandwidth). With > some extra effort you could also do something like MVS where a subset > of the lines (the replies) stack at the top. > If you want to insert the new line at the bottom (thus scroll the > remaining lines up) you need to rewrite it all every time you add a > line (which we found very intrusive on the termulators in those days). > Don't have the code handy anymore, but could give it a try if it helps you out. > Rob I am not trying to do anything complicated like hold lines on the top of the screen (as with MVS) but one thing I had not considered is the point that you, correctly, make about having to rewrite the full screen all the time. That could majorly confuse the automation monitoring tool !! I am just having a reality check and wondering if it is not a lot simpler than I had been thinking. If I could remember how to define the screen (which would be virtual) as a (no)glass teletype then that should really do just what I want (I think). Colin Allinson Amadeus Data Processing GmbH
