Re: Webshare CGI will not run using SFS

2008-02-20 Thread Kris Buelens
Testing on my customer's system confirms my thoughts that -with the
WebPac/1 extension- a CGI can live in an SFS directory without being
listed in CGI FILELIST.
The classic way: (DEMOENV CGI lives in SFSD:HTTPD.WEBSHARE.KRIS and is
listed in CGI FILELIST on SFSD:HTTPD.WEBSHARE.KRIS)
   http://vmct/kris/cgi/demoenv
The alternative: DEMOENVX CGI  is *not* listed in the CGI FILELIST,
but this works too:
   http://vmct/kris/demoenvx.cgi
The PACKAGE CHANGES file list this:
  o CGIs in SFS
   Changes made to:
  WEBSRVSP REXX
  WEBSRVHT REXX


Rick, you write you should code it and contribute it.  I would be
pleased to contribute my changes to Webshare (based on the Webpac/1
level):
-support SFSdir names longer than 8 chars
-support multi-part HTML (or server push)
-BFS support
  Hardcoded convention: when the URL starts with BFS or BFSBIN we
  extract files from BFS:
   for BFS:  /../VMBFS:SFSD:HTTPDBFS/
   for BFSBIN:   /../VMBFS:SFSD:HTTPDBFS/bin/
  BFSBIN files are supposed to be stored in ASCII, for others
  it depends on the filetype (as for CMS files) e.g. .GIF=bin

I created BFS support to make imbedding existing HTML document sets
(with long and/or mixed case fileids; spanning subdirectories) a piece
of cake.

The not-so-nice thing is that the updates are directly applied to the
REXX execs (i.e. take one extension and not the others would be
difficult and Webpac/1 is a hard pre-req).  How to proceed if there is
interest?

2008/2/20, Richard Troth [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 Webshare ... wow ... that goes back a way!

 When using FILELISTs, you can code magical things like  *CGI.  For lack of
 a better term, let's call that a trigger filetype.  But when running purely
 from SFS, Webshare internally creates FILELIST streams, so the only
 filetypes you get are a real filetypes (undoctored LISTFILE output), not a
 trigger filetype.

 Recollection is fuzzy, but I believe you can have CGIs and SFS hierarchy
 handled by the same HTTPD v-machine, you just cannot have CGIs living in an
 SFS-defined-only kind of space.  For CGIs to be executed instead of served
 out (like plain files), they must reside on an ACCESSed disk or in an
 ACCESSed SFS directory and be listed in a hand-crafted FILELIST.

 If you can think of a way around this, you should code it and contribute it.
   :-)




 On Feb 19, 2008 6:04 AM, Berry van Sleeuwen
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Hello list,
 
  I have been playing a bit with the Webshare package from Rick Troth. It
 
  has been succesfull so far but now I ran into a problem running CGI
  scripts.
 
  My webserver machine, HTTPD, is an SFS only machine. (IPL CMS PARM
  FILEPOOL VMSBSFS)
 
  I started with all files in the root of the HTTPD machine. This works as
 
  it should, filelists are ok and also the CGI processing is working fine.
 
  HTBIN FILELIST is available, the CGI files in there are listed as *CGI to
 
  enable execution of the script, and cgi-bin points to HTBIN so I can run
 
  CGI like /cgi-bin/CMSHELP. I can get the CMSHELP in my webbrowser. No
  problem there.
 
  Now I have setup the server to use the .webshare directory and moved the
 
  webfiles into .webshare and subdirectories (like .webshare.vminfo
  and .webshare.htbin). This way we do not have to use the FILELIST files
 
  anymore. It makes adding files and directories much easier. I can access
 
  the regular webpages (home.html, vminfo.html etc). But a CGI is not
  executed. I've tried several ways but so far I was not able to get the CG
  I
  to run. I guess some configuration has to be set to be able to run CGI in
 
  an SFS based structure the same way as it does in a single disk
  configuration. How can I get the webserver to run an CGI exec instead of
 
  sending me the file itself?
 
  TIA.
 
  Kind regards, Berry.
 



 --
 -- R;   




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Re: Any Rumors?

2008-02-20 Thread Phil Smith III
Adam Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, re 10 dimensions?:
You'll love the string handling capabilities.

HAW HAW I SLAY ME.

As my 16-year-old would say, Feel free to ...

...phsiii


Re: Webshare CGI will not run using SFS

2008-02-20 Thread Michael Simms
Dave,


Thanks, I've got it now.


Regards,
Michael

- Original Message 
From: Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:32:19 PM
Subject: Re: Webshare CGI will not run using SFS


Rick 
Troth's 
WEBSHARE 
program 
can 
be 
downloaded 
from 
here:

htt://www.vsoft-software.com/downloads.html

Enjoy.

Michael 
Simms 
wrote:
 
Now 
that 
this 
subject 
has 
come 
up...
 
 
 
Can 
someone 
tell 
me 
where 
I 
might 
find 
the 
free 
part 
of 
Rick's 
Webshare 
program? 
I've 
got 
a 
copy 
but 
I 
am 
not 
sure 
where 
I 
got 
it 
or 
if 
it 
is 
complete.
 
 
 
Much 
thanks,
 
Michael
 
 
 
 
 
- 
Original 
Message 

 
From: 
Schuh, 
Richard 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
To: 
IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
 
Sent: 
Tuesday, 
February 
19, 
2008 
1:07:03 
PM
 
Subject: 
Re: 
Webshare 
CGI 
will 
not 
run 
using 
SFS
 
 
 
Yes, 
 
you 
 
do 
 
need 
 
the 
 
CGI-BIN 
 
FILELIST 
 
in 
 
the 
 
directory 
 
where 
 
the 
 
cgis
 
live.
 
 
Regards, 
 
Richard 
 
Schuh 
 
  
 
 
-Original 
 
Message-
 
From: 
 
The 
 
IBM 
 
z/VM 
 
Operating 
 
System 
 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 
On 
 
Behalf 
 
Of 
 
Kris 
 
Buelens
 
Sent: 
 
Tuesday, 
 
February 
 
19, 
 
2008 
 
9:51 
 
AM
 
To: 
 
IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
 
Subject: 
 
Re: 
 
Webshare 
 
CGI 
 
will 
 
not 
 
run 
 
using 
 
SFS

 
We 
 
still 
 
place 
 
all 
 
CGI's 
 
in 
 
a 
 
FILELIST 
 
in 
 
an 
 
SFS 
 
directory, 
 
I 
 
think 
 
it 
 
is 
 
a 
 
requirement.  
 
There 
 
used 
 
to 
 
be 
 
an 
 
extension 
 
to 
 
Webshare 
 
that 
 
costed 
 
a 
 
few 
 
$ 
 
(and 
 
that 
 
we 
 
got 
 
too), 
 
and 
 
I 
 
think 
 
it 
 
lifted 
 
this 
 
requirement; 
 
but 
 
-as 
 
mentioned 
 
-, 
 
we 
 
still 
 
do 
 
use 
 
the 
 
FILELIST.
 
The 
 
path 
 
for 
 
a 
 
CGI 
 
is 
 
then  
  
 
http:///someSFSdir/fname/cgiFN
 
The  
 
someSFSdir 
 
is 
 
.WEBSHARE.someSFSdir
 
The 
 
fname 
 
points 
 
to 
 
fname 
 
FILELIST 
 
in 
 
that 
 
SFS 
 
dir; 
 
and 
 
cgiFN 
 
is 
 
listed 
 
in 
 
it.

 
2008/2/19, 
 
Berry 
 
van 
 
Sleeuwen 
 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 
Hello 
 
list,



 
I 
 
have 
 
been 
 
playing 
 
a 
 
bit 
 
with 
 
the 
 
Webshare 
 
package 
 
from 
 
Rick 
 
Troth. 

 
It



 
has 
 
been 
 
succesfull 
 
so 
 
far 
 
but 
 
now 
 
I 
 
ran 
 
into 
 
a 
 
problem 
 
running 
 
CGI 

 
scripts.



 
My 
 
webserver 
 
machine, 
 
HTTPD, 
 
is 
 
an 
 
SFS 
 
only 
 
machine. 
 
(IPL 
 
CMS 
 
PARM 

 
FILEPOOL 
 
VMSBSFS)



 
I 
 
started 
 
with 
 
all 
 
files 
 
in 
 
the 
 
root 
 
of 
 
the 
 
HTTPD 
 
machine. 
 
This 
 
works 

 
as



 
it 
 
should, 
 
filelists 
 
are 
 
ok 
 
and 
 
also 
 
the 
 
CGI 
 
processing 
 
is 
 
working 
 
fine.



 
HTBIN 
 
FILELIST 
 
is 
 
available, 
 
the 
 
CGI 
 
files 
 
in 
 
there 
 
are 
 
listed 
 
as 
 
*CGI 

 
to



 
enable 
 
execution 
 
of 
 
the 
 
script, 
 
and 
 
cgi-bin 
 
points 
 
to 
 
HTBIN 
 
so 
 
I 
 
can 

 
run



 
CGI 
 
like 
 
/cgi-bin/CMSHELP. 
 
I 
 
can 
 
get 
 
the 
 
CMSHELP 
 
in 
 
my 
 
webbrowser. 
 
No 

 
problem 
 
there.



 
Now 
 
I 
 
have 
 
setup 
 
the 
 
server 
 
to 
 
use 
 
the 
 
.webshare 
 
directory 
 
and 
 
moved 

 
the



 
webfiles 
 
into 
 
.webshare 
 
and 
 
subdirectories 
 
(like 
 
.webshare.vminfo 
 
and 

 
.webshare.htbin). 
 
This 
 
way 
 
we 
 
do 
 
not 
 
have 
 
to 
 
use 
 
the 
 
FILELIST 
 
files



 
anymore. 
 
It 
 
makes 
 
adding 
 
files 
 
and 
 
directories 
 
much 
 
easier. 
 
I 
 
can 

 
access



 
the 
 
regular 
 
webpages 
 
(home.html, 
 
vminfo.html 
 
etc). 
 
But 
 
a 
 
CGI 
 
is 
 
not 

 
executed. 
 
I've 
 
tried 
 
several 
 
ways 
 
but 
 
so 
 
far 
 
I 
 
was 
 
not 
 
able 
 
to 
 
get 
 
the 

 
CG 
 
I 
 
to 
 
run. 
 
I 
 
guess 
 
some 
 
configuration 
 
has 
 
to 
 
be 
 
set 
 
to 
 
be 
 
able 
 
to 

 
run 
 
CGI 
 
in



 
an 
 
SFS 
 
based 
 
structure 
 
the 
 
same 
 
way 
 
as 
 
it 
 
does 
 
in 
 
a 
 
single 
 
disk 

 
configuration. 
 
How 
 
can 
 
I 
 
get 
 
the 
 
webserver 
 
to 
 
run 
 
an 
 
CGI 
 
exec 
 
instead 

 
of



 
sending 
 
me 
 
the 
 
file 
 
itself?



 
TIA.



 
Kind 
 
regards, 
 
Berry.




 
--
 
Kris 
 
Buelens,
 
IBM 
 
Belgium, 
 
VM 
 
customer 
 
support
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 

 
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training,
  
 
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Re: Webshare CGI will not run using SFS

2008-02-20 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Richard,

Recollection is fuzzy, but I believe you can have CGIs and SFS hierarchy

handled by the same HTTPD v-machine, you just cannot have CGIs living in
 
an
SFS-defined-only kind of space.  For CGIs to be executed instead of serv
ed
out (like plain files), they must reside on an ACCESSed disk or in an
ACCESSed SFS directory and be listed in a hand-crafted FILELIST.

So the key here is the accessed directory. In both cases the server is SF
S 
only. The first try had all files dumped into the root and accessed it as
 
A. The second uses the full directorystructure and indeed doesnot access 

the htbin directory unless it needs to.

Perhaps if I access the htbin directory before starting the server. Ah, I
 
guess I'll be playing a lot today. :-)

If you can think of a way around this, you should code it and contribute

it.   :-)

Kris did have a way around it without any change in coding. The fact that
 
the CGI is called in a slightly different way doesn't matter too much. 

Just update the links and run it. Perhaps it would be nice to have the 

server react the same in either case and for that to happen I'd need to 

dive into the coding. If only I had 30 hours in a single day...

Thanks for your comments and for your great webshare coding. 

Regards, Berry.


Re: Webshare CGI will not run using SFS

2008-02-20 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Kris,

Ah, that's it. For the CGI to process from an accessed disk you can 
request the page http://xx/somedirectory/somecgiFN. But when in SFS 

you need the path as you mention it. It looks like this could be working.
 
But i'll have to look into it some more. Running CMSHELP would get me the
 
CMS HELP MENU in the single directory install but it produces an error on
 
the SFS installed server.

CMSHELP: TASK HELP   
 
  
FPLDSR146E File HELP HELPTASK * does not exist 
   
FPLMSG002I ... Processing ADDPIPE  HELP HELPTASK * | *.INPUT:
FPLMSG003I ... Issued from stage 2 of pipeline 1 
   
FPLMSG001I ... Running REXX CGI#TEMP
  

CMSHELP?CP does give me the help page on the CP command. So in any case, 

error or no error, the CGI gets to be processed.

Anyway, like Richard mentioned, i'll have some coding to do I guess.

Thanks, Berry.

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:51:10 +0100, Kris Buelens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
wrote:

snip
The path for a CGI is then   http:///someSFSdir/fname/cgiFN
The  someSFSdir is .WEBSHARE.someSFSdir
The fname points to fname FILELIST in that SFS dir; and cgiFN is
listed in it.



Re: Article: In Search of Mainframe Engineers

2008-02-20 Thread pfa
When I look at it,  Page 3 is the same as Page 1.  Is something missing??
 
 



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Watch the line wrap.  I was able to get to it.
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Got a 404 when I tired to look
Mace

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Interesting article 

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/januaryfebruary08/features/18963p
3=
.as
px

In Search of Mainframe Engineers
New technologies point to the future of mainframe computing
January | February 2008 | by Ivan Wallis and Byron Rashed 

It may seem as if few people want to become mainframe engineers in
today'=
s 
glorified Web 2.0+ world, as newer platforms have become the focal point
=

for the next generation of young engineers. The result is a graying 
population of mainframe engineers, and unless more is done, when this 
generation of engineers retires there may not be enough qualified,
skille=
d 
and motivated professionals to maintain the still significant and
relevan=
t 
universe of mainframes systems.

Compounding this engineer shortfall is that access to mainframe data has
=

multiplied in recent years. Previously, when these mainframes resided 
in glass houses and only a handful of 3270 terminals were connected,
th=
ey 
were relatively easy to administer and secure. The typical organization
=

might have one technician for every two or three users. Times have
change=
d. 
Today with applications shifting to UNIX* or Linux* on the mainframe,
lar=
ge 
enterprises or financial institutions might have hundreds of thousands
of=
 
users accessing data from the mainframe. This means one mainframe
enginee=
r 
might be responsible for supporting thousands of users, which is a much
=

larger and more challenging situation from a security perspective.

As the older mainframe engineers leave the workforce, they take with
them=
 
decades of specialized knowledge about legacy applications and
specialize=
d 
systems. Without qualified replacements to train before they depart,
this=
 
knowledge could be lost forever, potentially compromising the security
of=
 
key corporate applications that still rely on mainframe systems.

-- snip -

I particularly like this part:   Expanding the Mainframe's Role


Bob

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Wakser, David
I set it on the right. I HATE it on the left! :-)

 

David Wakser

 



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



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Colin Allinson


On the right for me!

That's the problem with XEDIT - it's so darn flexible it can be whatever
you want!!


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Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Huegel, Thomas
Where does the prefix field belong?
On the left?
or
On the right? 


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Pace
Right!   So when I hit newline it's in the body not the prefix area.

On Feb 20, 2008 10:05 AM, Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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




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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Dave Jones

On the left, of course.:-)

Huegel, Thomas wrote:

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



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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
Ohh 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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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread David Boyes
Right or off entirely.  

 

Where does the prefix field belong? 
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Peter . Webb
Use LEXX. (Though I wish someone would fix the parsing of the DATE
function parameters in the RX$$ parser.)

Peter

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Ohh 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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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Left for English, right for Hebrew.

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Huegel, Thomas

***
* 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!!
*
*  :-)
*
*
*  
* THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER!
*

***



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Ohh 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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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Adam Thornton


On Feb 20, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Huegel, Thomas wrote:


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



I like it on the right.

Adam



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Chip Davis

On the right, of course.:-)

That way, both the prefix area and the next line are both a single keystroke 
away.  From anywhere on a line, a CR takes you to the beginning of the next 
line, a TAB takes you to the prefix area.


And then there's the human-factors aspect of wasting valuable screen real estate 
on the left margin where the human eye expects to find text, only to have to 
skip over a PDF/EDIT-style prefix area.  Not to mention the presentation change 
when the prefix area is turned off; if it's on the right, the only difference is 
you might see more of each line.  The text in column 1 stays in column 1.


I thought this issue was settled back in the 80's ... ;-)

-Chip-

On 2/20/08 15:04 Dave Jones said:

On the left, of course.:-)

Huegel, Thomas wrote:

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




Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Jim Bohnsack
Some of you kids may not remember or you aren't old IBM'ers but this 
was all hashed out in about 1980 with the IBM internal availability of 
XEDIT.  I don't know that anyone has the archives of the old IBMVM 
list.  It would be interesting to see the arguments in it.  EDGAR, the 
favorite (my opinion) full screen editor of the day had it on the right 
and it couldn't be moved. 

I had a hard time time getting used to it being on the left for the 
reason that Mark Pace gave, i.e. hitting newline puts me in the data 
area not in the prefix area.


Jim

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread RPN01
Obviously, on the left. That¹s why everyone was so ecstatic when the extra
³=² was added to the command line prompt.

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 02/20/2008 at 10:06 EST, Huegel, Thomas 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Where does the prefix field belong? 
 On the left? 
 or 
 On the right? 

Are you INSANE?!?  :-) 

It belongs, as you say on the left or on the right, of course.  A True VM 
Bigot, believing in infinite diversity in infinite combination (see IBM 
Linux middleware requirements), will update his or her PROFILE XEDIT to 
*randomly* place the prefix on the left or right, except during snow 
season, when alternate-side prefix rules apply.

Jeez you might just as well have asked Which is better? VHS or Beta?

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Chip Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  That way, both the prefix area and the next line are both a single keystroke
  away.  From anywhere on a line, a CR takes you to the beginning of the next
  line, a TAB takes you to the prefix area.

You mean you actually over-type what is already there on the screen
rather than orchestrate changes through the command line and prefix
area?:-)
You would not if you learned XEDIT on a 300 bps terminal...  that's
how you learn the order in which prefix commands, screen updates and
command are processed.  And when someone managed to put a FULLREAD ON
in some of our shared macros, you'd have enough time to hit him over
the head before your screen refreshed ;-)

Rob


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
I like the prefix on the left but then I'm an old set in my ways ISPF 
Editor user (which is yet another 'religious' issue in the VM world).

Alan - I prefer Blu-Ray over HD :-)

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On Wednesday, 02/20/2008 at 10:06 EST, Huegel, Thomas 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Where does the prefix field belong? 
 On the left? 
 or 
 On the right? 

Are you INSANE?!?  :-) 

It belongs, as you say on the left or on the right, of course.  A True VM 
Bigot, believing in infinite diversity in infinite combination (see IBM 
Linux middleware requirements), will update his or her PROFILE XEDIT to 
*randomly* place the prefix on the left or right, except during snow 
season, when alternate-side prefix rules apply.

Jeez you might just as well have asked Which is better? VHS or Beta?

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Dodds, Jim
Depends on what I am doing. If I am entering lots of data I want it on
the right, otherwise on the left.

 

Jim Dodds

Systems Programmer

Kentucky State University

400 East Main Street

Frankfort, Ky 40601

502 597 6114

 



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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Richard Troth
CLEARLY the prefix belongs on the RIGHT.
After all, VM is a right coast operating system,
not some left coast monster like certain flavors of Unix!

Seriously,
I prefer prefix positioned on the right for reasons Mark Pace mentioned.


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Re: reasons to NOT use EDEV

2008-02-20 Thread Raymond Higgs
The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 
02/19/2008 04:53:22 PM:

 Given that performance is very nearly the same between SAN and EDEV 
 connections, or acceptably so, then I would recommend that you go with 
 the EDEV approach. Just have your SAN folks carve out a big chunk of SAN 

 storage for your use, and then allocate EDEV (FBA type) disk storage for 

 guests as needed from that large pool. You want to minimize your 
 contacts with the SAN folks, I think.
 
 Good luck.
 

I don't think the performance is very close.  Here's some anecdotal 
evidence...

For Danu (z9) GA 3, we (firmware) were roped into measuring the FBA 
performance difference: GA 2 vs GA 3.  We wanted to determine if firmware 
changes that helped direct attached IOs/sec also helped FBA.  The testing 
procedure was ad hoc.  We found a configuration of FBA devices that would 
get the max 4k SCSI reads/sec from 1 channel.  We got numbers with the GA 
2 firmware.  We upgraded the FCP firmware to GA 3, and used the same FBA 
config to get a new set of numbers.  We then compared to direct attached 
4k SCSI reads/sec numbers that we already had.  Direct attached was 
something like 50% faster for both levels of firmware.

Sorry that I don't have more details, but it was over a year ago, and I no 
longer have the string of notes.

If anyone out there is contemplating FBA vs direct attached and 
performance is a concern, I think you should do some of your own tests 
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
On the left.  For continuation, use SI.

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On the right, of course.:-)

That way, both the prefix area and the next line are both a single
keystroke 
away.  From anywhere on a line, a CR takes you to the beginning of the
next 
line, a TAB takes you to the prefix area.

And then there's the human-factors aspect of wasting valuable screen
real estate 
on the left margin where the human eye expects to find text, only to
have to 
skip over a PDF/EDIT-style prefix area.  Not to mention the presentation
change 
when the prefix area is turned off; if it's on the right, the only
difference is 
you might see more of each line.  The text in column 1 stays in column
1.

I thought this issue was settled back in the 80's ... ;-)

-Chip-

On 2/20/08 15:04 Dave Jones said:
 On the left, of course.:-)
 
 Huegel, Thomas wrote:
 Where does the prefix field belong?
 On the left?
 or
 On the right?



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Re: Backing up and restoring zVM 5.2 using IBM's DSS backup utility under zOS 1.7/1.9

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:26:37 -0500, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
wrote:

Free advice: Always run DIRECTXA against your last known-good directory
when the system comes up after a DR restore unless you know that the
object and source directories are in sync.  (You don't know, unless the
system was down during the backup.)

If you have the last known-good source directory the only reason I know o
f 
it would be out-of-synch with the object directory is if a DIRECTXA was 

done during the window between when the DRCT cylinders are backed up and 

when the MDISK with the source is backed up.

The problem is *knowing* whether a given directory source is the one used
 
to create the current object directory.  If someone updated the source 

directory without putting it online I don't want to blindly put it online
 
making a change with unknown implications.  Finding the source that 
matches the active directory of a working system is preferable to forcing
 
the object to match a source I happen to have.  The date/time the object 

directory was created along with the date/time stamp and filename of the 

file used to create the object directory would be useful information if 

you're not sure which source matches the object.  More useful would be a 

tool to create the source from the object, as was mentioned earlier.

In any case, having and following good procedures mitigates some of the 

risk and can help in recoverying from deviations to the procedures.

Brian Nielsen


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Agreed!

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On the left, until you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

It's much easier to see which line it applies to when it's close to the 
text, which is generally near the beginning of the line.

Also, I've always liked that newline takes me to the prefix area.

Brian Nielsen

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On the right?



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Chris Langford

On the right so the emulator column indicator = data column.



Huegel, Thomas wrote:


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On the left?
or
On the right?



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Re: Article: In Search of Mainframe Engineers

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
I had the same result. 
 

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

 




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When I look at it,  Page 3 is the same as Page 1.  Is something
missing?? 
  
  



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Watch the line wrap.  I was able to get to it.
Steve G.

(Hi, Bob)


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Got a 404 when I tired to look
Mace

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Interesting article 


http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/januaryfebruary08/features/18963p
3=
.as
px

In Search of Mainframe Engineers
New technologies point to the future of mainframe computing
January | February 2008 | by Ivan Wallis and Byron Rashed 

It may seem as if few people want to become mainframe engineers
in
today'=
s 
glorified Web 2.0+ world, as newer platforms have become the
focal point
=

for the next generation of young engineers. The result is a
graying 
population of mainframe engineers, and unless more is done, when
this 
generation of engineers retires there may not be enough
qualified,
skille=
d 
and motivated professionals to maintain the still significant
and
relevan=
t 
universe of mainframes systems.

Compounding this engineer shortfall is that access to mainframe
data has
=

multiplied in recent years. Previously, when these mainframes
resided 
in glass houses and only a handful of 3270 terminals were
connected,
th=
ey 
were relatively easy to administer and secure. The typical
organization
=

might have one technician for every two or three users. Times
have
change=
d. 
Today with applications shifting to UNIX* or Linux* on the
mainframe,
lar=
ge 
enterprises or financial institutions might have hundreds of
thousands
of=

users accessing data from the mainframe. This means one
mainframe
enginee=
r 
might be responsible for supporting thousands of users, which is
a much
=

larger and more challenging situation from a security
perspective.

As the older mainframe engineers leave the workforce, they take
with
them=

decades of specialized knowledge about legacy applications and
specialize=
d 
systems. Without qualified replacements to train before they
depart,
this=

knowledge could be lost forever, potentially compromising the
security
of=

key corporate applications that still rely on mainframe systems.

-- snip -

I particularly like this part:   Expanding the Mainframe's Role


Bob

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Nielsen
On the left, until you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

It's much easier to see which line it applies to when it's close to the 

text, which is generally near the beginning of the line.

Also, I've always liked that newline takes me to the prefix area.

Brian Nielsen

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wrote:

Where does the prefix field belong?
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
That is a personal preference. It belongs wherever you like it. One of
the really good things about XEDIT is that it is customizable. My
preference is on the left.
 

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

 




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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Dave Hansen
I used to have an Xedit profile called ICCF.  It was on the right.


   - Dave H.





  
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Depends on what I am doing. If I am entering lots of data I want it on the 
right, otherwise on the left.

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400 East Main Street
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Where does the prefix field belong?
On the left?
or
On the right?


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread John Kaba
I like to have it on the left.

It makes it easier to see which blocks of data you would like to copy or 

move, for lines that do not extend all the way over to the right side of 

the screen.

Basically whatever you are used to.


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Marak
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Huegel, Thomas wrote:

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

Isn't there enough hatred and intolerance in the world already without 
bringing this up? Isn't XEDIT big and powerful enough to include all of us 
with all of our various needs? Can't we all just get along?

(The left. The LEFT. THE LEFT ... cough ... sorry, all better now.)

Steve

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Re: Article: In Search of Mainframe Engineers

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:47:16 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

When I look at it,  Page 3 is the same as Page 1.  Is something missing?
?

The OP gave a link to Page 3.  You followed the link to page 2, and from 

there to page 3 again.

Either click the link for Page 1 or change the tail of URL to start at 

page 1 (ie. 18963P1.ASPX).

Brian Nielsen


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Kris Buelens
Sir Kris The Guide runs with Prefix on Right by default (of course).
Only when frequent deletes/moves I set it left.

As I mentioned here already: when I saw XEDIT for the very first time,
the demonstrating colleague entered  and  in XEDIT's command line.
And indeed I shamelessly copied his idea, so
  SET SYN  SET PREFIX ON LEFT
  SET SYN  SET PREFIX ON RIGHT
  SET SYN ! SET PREFIX OFF
make since ages part of my SETSYN XEDIT macro, called by my various
profile macros for all XEDIT based tools.

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IBM Belgium, VM customer support


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
WHAT the he!! are youns talking about???
MA

On Feb 20, 2008 11:31 AM, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  That is a personal preference. It belongs wherever you like it. One of
 the really good things about XEDIT is that it is customizable. My
 preference is on the left.


 Regards,
 Richard Schuh




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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Kris,

You do not have a macro for:  SET SYN @ SET PREFIX ON CENTER?

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Sir Kris The Guide runs with Prefix on Right by default (of course).
Only when frequent deletes/moves I set it left.

As I mentioned here already: when I saw XEDIT for the very first time,
the demonstrating colleague entered  and  in XEDIT's command line. And
indeed I shamelessly copied his idea, so
  SET SYN  SET PREFIX ON LEFT
  SET SYN  SET PREFIX ON RIGHT
  SET SYN ! SET PREFIX OFF
make since ages part of my SETSYN XEDIT macro, called by my various
profile macros for all XEDIT based tools.

-- 
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Edward M. Martin
BETA

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On Wednesday, 02/20/2008 at 10:06 EST, Huegel, Thomas 
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 Where does the prefix field belong? 
 On the left? 
 or 
 On the right? 

Are you INSANE?!?  :-) 

It belongs, as you say on the left or on the right, of course.  A True
VM 
Bigot, believing in infinite diversity in infinite combination (see IBM

Linux middleware requirements), will update his or her PROFILE XEDIT to

*randomly* place the prefix on the left or right, except during snow 
season, when alternate-side prefix rules apply.

Jeez you might just as well have asked Which is better? VHS or
Beta?

Alan Altmark
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Ivica Brodaric
I like it on the right. I can concentrate easier that way.
And the command line on top... :-)


Ivica Brodaric


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Bob Bates
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. 
 

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Ohh 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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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
Not only do I like the prefix area on the left, I set number on because
I frequently work with blocks having more than 23 records. I give the
first line a label, scroll down to where I can see the last line, and
enter a command like .a banana :lastlinenumber. As long as we are
discussing our religions, I:

*   
locate the command line on the bottom and the current line in
the middle,
*   
set scale and shadow off,
*   
set stay on, and
*   
prefer a mod-5 terminal (but that was another recent religious
war that does not need to be rehashed now).

 

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I like it on the right. I can concentrate easier that way. 

And the command line on top... :-)


 
Ivica Brodaric



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Duane Weaver

At 01:56 PM 2/20/2008, you wrote:

I have the unsubstantiated general impression that people from 
blue states seemed to want it on the right, and people from red 
states seem to want it on the left.  If that is correct, the 
universe shall come to an end soon.  Where's the restaurant, and my blanket?

What about the independents? 

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
They want the prefix to be in the middle of course.
 

Regards, 
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At 01:56 PM 2/20/2008, you wrote:



I have the unsubstantiated general impression that
people from blue states seemed to want it on the right, and people
from red states seem to want it on the left.  If that is correct, the
universe shall come to an end soon.  Where's the restaurant, and my
blanket? 


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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Vitale
Left, of course.
 
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Where does the prefix field belong? 
On the left? 
or 
On the right? 



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
I have the unsubstantiated general impression that people from blue 
states seemed to want it on the right, and people from red states seem 
to want it on the left.  If that is correct, the universe shall come to an 
end soon.  Where's the restaurant, and my blanket?

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread RPN01
Cmdline belongs on the bottom, because we¹re not z/OS. Œnuf 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 here²

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
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 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.
  
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 * 
 * 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!!
 * 
 *  :-)   
 * 
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 Ohh 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 

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
Let them eat cake. 
Oh, wait... Miguel said that the cake is a LIE!.
Let them eat cupcakes?

I had to google the cake is a lie to understand that.  Miguel is a 
zNetGener, while I'm zAnachronism

Mike 



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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Dennis Boone
  If that is correct, the universe shall come to an end soon.  Where's
  the restaurant, and my blanket?

Towel.  The cool frood never loses his towel, not his blanket.

De


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
An alternative (just updated to include PREFIX OFF with the appropriate 
VERIFY) to the command line approach:
'SET PF16 MACRO $TOGGLE PREFIX' 

Inside a home-grown $TOGGLE XEDIT Y2  (which contains lots of other 
XEDIT toggle-able settings):
...
Prefix: 
 
  'COMMAND EXTRACT /PREFIX/LRECL/LSCREEN' 
   Select 
 When prefix.1='ON'  prefix.2='LEFT' then 
   Do 
 'COMMAND SET VERIFY 1' min(lrecl.1,lscreen.6-7) 
 'COMMAND SET PREFIX ON RIGHT' 
   End 
 When prefix.1='ON'  prefix.2='RIGHT' then 
   Do 
 'COMMAND SET VERIFY 1' lscreen.6-1 
 'COMMAND SET PREFIX OFF' 
   End 
 Otherwise 
Do 
  'COMMAND SET VERIFY 1' min(lrecl.1,lscreen.6-7) 
  'COMMAND SET PREFIX ON LEFT' 
  End 
   End /* Select */ 
Return 
...

At the press one PFkey and cycle through LEFT, RIGHT, and OFF.

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Sir Kris The Guide runs with Prefix on Right by default (of course).
Only when frequent deletes/moves I set it left.

As I mentioned here already: when I saw XEDIT for the very first time,
the demonstrating colleague entered  and  in XEDIT's command line.
And indeed I shamelessly copied his idea, so
  SET SYN  SET PREFIX ON LEFT
  SET SYN  SET PREFIX ON RIGHT
  SET SYN ! SET PREFIX OFF
make since ages part of my SETSYN XEDIT macro, called by my various
profile macros for all XEDIT based tools.

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Chip Davis

On 2/20/08 15:57 Rob van der Heij said:

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Chip Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 That way, both the prefix area and the next line are both a single keystroke
 away.  From anywhere on a line, a CR takes you to the beginning of the next
 line, a TAB takes you to the prefix area.


You mean you actually over-type what is already there on the screen
rather than orchestrate changes through the command line and prefix
area?:-)


If that is what I want to do, yes.  If I need a fresh line, it's only three 
keystrokes (tabaenter) one less than is necessary if the prefix is on the 
left (crupaenter).  Add one more character to invoke SI.


The main point is that with the prefix on the left there is no difference 
between a TAB and a CR; you're going to go to the prefix area whether you want 
to or not.  With the prefix on the right, you have the choice of going to the 
prefix area with a TAB, or the beginning of the next data line with a CR.


What good is having the choice if you don't take advantage of it?


You would not if you learned XEDIT on a 300 bps terminal...  that's
how you learn the order in which prefix commands, screen updates and
command are processed.  And when someone managed to put a FULLREAD ON
in some of our shared macros, you'd have enough time to hit him over
the head before your screen refreshed ;-)


Oh, but I would, Rob.  And that's exactly where I learned the editor, only it 
was EDIT under VM/370 BSEPP.  XEDIT came much later.


But that's the beauty of the design of XEDIT: the user can choose the display 
and behavior of the tool that suits the task at hand.  You can put the prefix in 
the _middle_ of the line if you want to ...


A toast to Xavier de Lamberterie!

-Chip-


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Edward M. Martin
Left unless I need it on the right.  (happens)

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Wandschneider, Scott
For me it must be the left side - always and forever!

Thank you,
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Michael Simms
Count me in on the left side. Right side...isn't that for ICCF? :-)



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Ohh 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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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Bob Levad
'SET CMDLINE TOP'
'SET PREFIX NULLS LEFT'
'SET NUMBER ON'
'SET SCALE ON 3'
'SET CURLINE ON 4'
'SET ENTER IGNORE COMMAND CURSOR HOME PRIORITY 30'
'SET MSGLINE ON -1 10 OVERLAY'
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Mainframe Announcement Webcast

2008-02-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I received my invite to the mainframe announcement webcast for Tuesday next 
week.

Anyone else get one?

Apparently, z 10 is the next one!

Normally, something like this causes a flurry of mail.

Tom Duerbusch
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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
On the RIGHT of course, and the command and scale lines at the TOP. I 
don't know who thought the command line should be in the middle, but I 
guess the TOP vs BOTTOM vote was a tie.


I really thing that the lefties are just lefties because they had 
previously used that lousy MVS editor which did it wrong.


Tony Thigpen


-Original Message -
 From: Huegel, Thomas
 Sent: 02/20/2008 10:05 AM

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



Re: Mainframe Announcement Webcast

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
No. Who do I contact to get invited to the party?

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

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 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
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 Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:06 PM
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 Subject: Mainframe Announcement Webcast
 
 I received my invite to the mainframe announcement webcast 
 for Tuesday next week.
 
 Anyone else get one?
 
 Apparently, z 10 is the next one!
 
 Normally, something like this causes a flurry of mail.
 
 Tom Duerbusch
 THD Consulting
 


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Llewellyn, Mark
While my session, like a well-carved halibut fillet, shall have no scale
(it's toggled by a PF key when needed), it's good to see others
employing the convenience of SET WRAP ON. 

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Subject: Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

'SET CMDLINE TOP'
'SET PREFIX NULLS LEFT'
'SET NUMBER ON'
'SET SCALE ON 3'
'SET CURLINE ON 4'
'SET ENTER IGNORE COMMAND CURSOR HOME PRIORITY 30'
'SET MSGLINE ON -1 10 OVERLAY'
'SET FULLREAD ON'
'SET SPILL WORD'
'SET TOFEOF ON'
'SET STAY ON'
'SET WRAP ON'

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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Pace
And who decided that the curline should be in the middle by default?!?!
That one puzzles me.



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Re: Mainframe Announcement Webcast

2008-02-20 Thread RPN01
z10, of the green stripe :-)


On 2/20/08 3:06 PM, Tom Duerbusch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I received my invite to the mainframe announcement webcast for Tuesday next
 week.
 
 Anyone else get one?
 
 Apparently, z 10 is the next one!
 
 Normally, something like this causes a flurry of mail.
 
 Tom Duerbusch
 THD Consulting


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Ron Schmiedge
Left. Mostly because I only had some MVS folks to help me with VM when
I took over its support again in 1999 (after starting on BSEPP in 1979
and going through VM/XA in 1989). It was an attempt to help them work
without their ISPF blanket/menus by giving them an editor that looked
something like what they were used to. But I switch it around when I
need to.

Who worries about how many key strokes to insert a line when one of
the PF keys is always ready to insert a line for me?

And the restaurant is somewhere in London if I recall. But once you
and the other guy get there, you really don't need the towel anymore.

On 2/20/08, Tony Thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On the RIGHT of course, and the command and scale lines at the TOP. I
 don't know who thought the command line should be in the middle, but I
 guess the TOP vs BOTTOM vote was a tie.

 I really thing that the lefties are just lefties because they had
 previously used that lousy MVS editor which did it wrong.

 Tony Thigpen


 -Original Message -
  From: Huegel, Thomas
  Sent: 02/20/2008 10:05 AM
  Where does the prefix field belong?
  On the left?
  or
  On the right?
 



Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Bob Bates
I'll bet CURLINE in the middle is left over from the old EDIT days when
you either used c//qefeqf/ to make changes or a 'c' to bring the
line to the CMDLINE to make the change. I always felt it was in the
middle so one could see code before and after the line being
manipulated. I still leave it there. And use S and SU and other things.
Old dog. New tricks. Sigh.
 

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And who decided that the curline should be in the middle by default?!?!
That one puzzles me.



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Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mark S. Waterbury
People, can we please let this thread die? 

XEDIT has only been around for 20+ years now, and you still want to 
argue about this stuff? :-o


Really!  Get a life!


Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
The current, not command, line in the middle! Never fell in love with
ISPF. Left because:

  1. It is close to the text, which is sometimes very convenient,
especially when using block commands.
  2. Everything to the right is from the file.
  3. Consistent with filelist and rdrlist.
  4. It is a prefix, not a suffix, area. A prefix should precede, not
follow. I read left to right, ergo, the prefix area should be on the
left :-)
  5. My termulator (What a typo! However, it is sort of catchy as a
short way of saying terminal emulator.) is set to 3278-05. Having the
prefix on the right is not only ugly when editing a file having short
records, it can be downright difficult to associate the line 
numbers with the data. 
  


Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

 -Original Message-
 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen
 Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:15 PM
 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
 Subject: Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey
 
 On the RIGHT of course, and the command and scale lines at 
 the TOP. I don't know who thought the command line should be 
 in the middle, but I guess the TOP vs BOTTOM vote was a tie.
 
 I really thing that the lefties are just lefties because they 
 had previously used that lousy MVS editor which did it wrong.
 
 Tony Thigpen
 
 
 -Original Message -
   From: Huegel, Thomas
   Sent: 02/20/2008 10:05 AM
  Where does the prefix field belong?
  On the left?
  or
  On the right?
  
 


Re: Mainframe Announcement Webcast

2008-02-20 Thread Jim Elliott
 No. Who do I contact to get invited to the party?

Richard:

http://www.on24.com/clients/ibm/102818

Jim


Re: Mainframe Announcement Webcast

2008-02-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
Thanks, Jim. 

Now the next problem. When trying the test of my system, everything
passed. I have WMP10 installed, but cannot stream the test video.
Thinking that it might be the popup blocker, I tried disabling it. I was
greeted with a pop-up that said, For security reasons, this function
has been disabled. I guess I will try from my home system, tonight. I
may have to watch the event from there. 

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

 -Original Message-
 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Elliott
 Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:56 PM
 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
 Subject: Re: Mainframe Announcement Webcast
 
  No. Who do I contact to get invited to the party?
 
 Richard:
 
 http://www.on24.com/clients/ibm/102818
 
 Jim