Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Bob Bridges
I am definitely planning to write macros ... eventually. Clients pay me to work in z/OS security, but I'm a coder at heart (so most of my security work is writing tools to automate my work and others'). But just now I'm busy with the basics: page margins, section formatting, that kind of thing; i

Re: ICKDSF

2022-12-27 Thread esmie moo
Thanks Seymour for the assurance.  A Happy & healthy 2023 to you and ALL the contributors to this board. On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 04:10:33 p.m. EST, Seymour J Metz wrote: A corrupted VTOCIX shouldn't affect VSAM unless you need an extent for a new CA. A corrupted VVDS? You're

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 25 Dec 2022 to 26 Dec 2022 (#2022-355)

2022-12-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:04:55 -0800, Bill wrote: ... o Please don't reply with "Subject: ... Digest ..." o Please don't quote the entire digest in your reply. Aren't there tools for replying to individual digest entries? (But the Digest should have a "No-Reply" header.) -- gil ---

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 25 Dec 2022 to 26 Dec 2022 (#2022-355)

2022-12-27 Thread Bill
There is a PTF for IBM Markup R100, 5669-326, volid 3102, PTF # IP00082, flagged as Corrective Service, on 3.5 and 5.25 diskettes. Message originated on my iPhone 12 > On Dec 27, 2022, at 11:10 AM, Bill wrote: > > The IBM Markup User’s Guide and Tutorial publication number is S544-3350-00,

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 25 Dec 2022 to 26 Dec 2022 (#2022-355)

2022-12-27 Thread Bill
The IBM Markup User’s Guide and Tutorial publication number is S544-3350-00, Dept. V53, P.O. Box 1900, Boulder, CO 80301-9191. Message originated on my iPhone 12 > On Dec 27, 2022, at 11:04 AM, Bill wrote: > > I have a pristine, complete boxed copy of IBM Markup in 3.5 and 5.25 > diskettes.

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 25 Dec 2022 to 26 Dec 2022 (#2022-355)

2022-12-27 Thread Bill
I have a pristine, complete boxed copy of IBM Markup in 3.5 and 5.25 diskettes. IBM Markup, Version 1.0, part no. 6476161, dated 10/1987, S544-3357-00, is described in the license information as “… an IBM Personal Computer entry-assist program that allows you to create and edit GML documents usi

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
No, it's because it was so much less powerful than DCF and had a clunky screen layout. That was before the ordeal of m$ office, which caused me to appreciate WP more. However, autodefect does certainly introduce some startling sea changes. How about on-the-fly spell checking with an audible ala

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
If you're writing macros I suggest that you look into LaTeX3 (expl3 et al). Some relevant documentatin is expl3.pdf interface3.pdf l3styleguide.pdf l3syntax-changes.pd l3keys2e.pdf l3str\l3str-format.pdf xcoffins.pdf xgalley.pdf xparse.pdf xtemplate.pdf Th

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
Shmuel, Peter is asking why you called WordPerfect "word pervert". I'm guessing it was an autocorrect thing... Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, December 23, 2022 6:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNA

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
If you're using windoze you might want to look at MiKTeX, which can automatically download packages as you need them. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Ru

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Bob Bridges
Yes, I suspect that once I know a good deal more about LaTeX I'll be creating a new class in a file named docrhb.cls. But I'm nowhere near that yet. For now I'm still experimenting with {report} just so I can see what the various commands do. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 3

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Rupert Reynolds
In fact I think TeXworks on Win came with texlive (install-tl-windows.exe). On Tue, 27 Dec 2022, 11:59 Rupert Reynolds, wrote: > > Installed 'texlive' on Linux Mint and TeXworks on Windows and it all seems > to work pretty well :-) > > So thanks for a good thread. > > Roops > --

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Rupert Reynolds
On Tue, 27 Dec 2022, 08:23 Colin Paice, wrote: ... > > You can tell how old I am when my brain thinks of ":p:h1 " when > marking up a document > > Colin > Yes, those GML tags still come to mind. In my head I also ".kp on" and ".kp off" around sections I want to keep together on one page,

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Robin Vowels
I used an early version of Word for Windows for writing a 1,000-page document. No mark-up language required. It also produced automatically the index. When I wanted to put more entries in the index, it was a minute's work. Then press F8 and the entire index was regenerated as a Word document in

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Colin Paice
Correction ReText for markdown ## heading etc. Does WYSIWYG Gummi for Latex On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 at 08:23, Colin Paice wrote: > It may be horses for courses... > >1. What needs to be supported Windows/Mac/Linux? >2. Do you want a few page document or a 200 page document and imbed >

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-27 Thread Colin Paice
It may be horses for courses... 1. What needs to be supported Windows/Mac/Linux? 2. Do you want a few page document or a 200 page document and imbed other sections 3. Do you want to be able to print chapters, or just the whole book. 4. Do you table of contents 5. Do you want chan