Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 30 May 2017 18:46:36 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: > >>> > >>> I also don’t trust PC’s for various reasons. > >>> > >> How recently have you used one? How long could you operate > >>

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, 30 May 2017 18:46:36 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >>> >>> I also don’t trust PC’s for various reasons. >>> >> How recently have you used one? How long could you operate >> without using one? What's in the HMC? >I use a mac everyday as for PC’s I stay away from them as long as I can. > I

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

> On May 30, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Tue, 30 May 2017 11:46:51 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> I also don’t trust PC’s for various reasons. >> > How recently have you used one? How long could you operate > without

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 30 May 2017 11:46:51 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: > > > >I also don’t trust PC’s for various reasons. > > > How recently have you used one? How long could you operate > without using

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, 30 May 2017 11:46:51 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: > >I also don’t trust PC’s for various reasons. > How recently have you used one? How long could you operate without using one? What's in the HMC? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

> On May 30, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Tue, 30 May 2017 08:43:15 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> —SNIP— >> >> That is why I submit that HC manuals are still needed will always be needed. >>

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, 30 May 2017 08:43:15 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >—SNIP— > >That is why I submit that HC manuals are still needed will always be needed. >When your system is down its down and having manuals on there MF is useless. > But a desktop system, outside the radius

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

necessary condition, but it's not sufficient and never > > can be. You MUST have a "Plan B" that does not rely on your ability to > > reach your vendor(s) continuously if you have mission critical needs and > > take them seriously. In the case of Knowledge Center, IBM is eq

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

does not rely on your ability to > reach your vendor(s) continuously if you have mission critical needs and > take them seriously. In the case of Knowledge Center, IBM is equipping you > with an excellent "Plan B" option called the IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS, > included at no a

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Mon, 29 May 2017 12:47:09 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote: >I don't know why this concept seems so hard to understand, It isn't hard to understand. We are not the freakin' idiots that your condescending attitude suggests that you think we are. >but let me try again. Please stop. We know

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

r does -- and the vendors including IBM should do better! (#1) -- they cannot assure the outcomes mission critical customers require. Those mission critical customers (almost all of you) have some role to play, too, including #3. So please take advantage of IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS and/or other conting

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

Ok, time for me to jump in and out... Tom Brennan wrote: >> I don't know why this concept seems so hard to understand, >Because you're talking about multiple things: > 1) Up-time of IBM online utilities > 2) Reliability of our internet connection > 3) Backup method in case a utility is not

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

Timothy Sipples wrote: First of all, we're not talking about whatever Internet connections you use for posting to Facebook. In my case I am, because I'm most often working from home. I don't know why this concept seems so hard to understand, Because you're talking about multiple things:

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

ly if you have mission critical needs and take them seriously. In the case of Knowledge Center, IBM is equipping you with an excellent "Plan B" option called the IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS, included at no additional charge with your base z/OS license. You may or may not have other

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

[Default] On 27 May 2017 22:03:38 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main sipp...@sg.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples) wrote: >Clark Morris wrote: >>IBM needs to be able to have 24/365.24 availability online of Shop Z >>series (all software download) and the related problem reporting and >>information

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

> On May 28, 2017, at 12:03 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > Clark Morris wrote: >> IBM needs to be able to have 24/365.24 availability online of Shop Z >> series (all software download) and the related problem reporting and >> information facilities. > > Clark, what you're

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

Anecdotal: When I'm trying to get to an IBM service and it's not available, it's highly likely the problem is on the IBM side. Why? because if it was a public/local internet problem I wouldn't be trying to get to an IBM service - I'd be trying to solve our internet issue so my wife can post

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

> On May 27, 2017, at 5:58 PM, Clark Morris <cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> cular connection to it, simply doesn't offer that assurance. > > But from what I read here, the Knowledge Center has nowhere near the > online availability of the Microsoft

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

Clark Morris wrote: >IBM needs to be able to have 24/365.24 availability online of Shop Z >series (all software download) and the related problem reporting and >information facilities. Clark, what you're describing is NOT POSSIBLE. Any/every particular public Internet connection does not offer a

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

00, Clark Morris wrote: > >> > >>That'd be lovely, but unfortunately it's not possible. The public > Internet, > >>and your particular connection to it, simply doesn't offer that > assurance. > > > >But from what I read here, the Knowledge Center has no

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Sat, 27 May 2017 19:58:35 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: >> >>That'd be lovely, but unfortunately it's not possible. The public Internet, >>and your particular connection to it, simply doesn't offer that assurance. > >But from what I read here, the Knowledge Center has

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

ly, but unfortunately it's not possible. The public Internet, >and your particular connection to it, simply doesn't offer that assurance. But from what I read here, the Knowledge Center has nowhere near the online availability of the Microsoft Knowledge base and related availability of fixes. In s

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

an have a "Plan C" if you wish. You describe one possible > Plan C: dead trees holding certain documentation, hopefully > useful-in-the-emergency-circumstances documentation. We're certainly not > disagreeing, at least as far as I can tell. > > IBM Knowledge Center is

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

lan C: dead trees holding certain documentation, hopefully useful-in-the-emergency-circumstances documentation. We're certainly not disagreeing, at least as far as I can tell. IBM Knowledge Center is available at IBM via the public Internet, but *nobody* is recommending exclusive reliance on that

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

on, hopefully useful-in-the-emergency-circumstances documentation. We're certainly not disagreeing, at least as far as I can tell. IBM Knowledge Center is available at IBM via the public Internet, but *nobody* is recommending exclusive reliance on that offering for your mission critical needs. If y

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

e operating with a mission critical > requirement. Fortunately you have one, and it's no additional charge with > z/OS: IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS. > > Edward Gould wrote: >> Will not use KC due to unreliability. When its 2 AM (or anytime for >> that matter) and my

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:24 AM, Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote: > You can protect IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS services to your organization > just as you do any/all other z/OS-based services. If *all* of your z/OS > LPARs are down, then (a) you have a big problem (

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

ld do better. But even when IBM improves, nobody can assure that you will be able to reach IBM at every moment. You must still have a "Plan B" if you are operating with a mission critical requirement. Fortunately you have one, and it's no additional charge with z/OS: IBM Knowledge Cent

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > Actually, KC seems to be one of the better of the "new tools". > > However, the new tools are neither as reliable, functional, nor > (especially)available as the tools they are replacing. > Now there's a marketing

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:23 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using > the RFE process now > > Allan Staller wrote: > >The RAS f

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

" Will not use KC due to unreliability. When its 2 AM (or anytime for that matter) and my system is down I don’t want to hear excuses." Agreed! ::DISCLAIMER::

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

ely it's not possible. The public Internet, > and your particular connection to it, simply doesn't offer that assurance. > > Fortunately the IBM Knowledge Center is a base z/OS operating system > feature. Please take advantage of it. > >

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Wed, 24 May 2017 04:11:04 +, Anthony Thompson wrote: >The BIG advantage to KC is that it is web-searchable No, the advantage of KC is that it is current. The ability to search is poor compared to BookManager books, including those served by BookServer, such as those here:

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

24, 2017 8:09:02 AM Subject: Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now The public internet does not seem to be the issue. The issue to me is the brain-dead PC weenies that think it is OK to take a production system (i.e. the "tools") fo

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now Allan Staller wrote: >The RAS for the support systems needs to be as least on the same order >of magnitud

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

urance. Fortunately the IBM Knowledge Center is a base z/OS operating system feature. Please take advantage of it. Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

: Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Allan Staller <allan.stal...@hcl.com> wrote: > Actually, KC seems to be one of the better of the "new tools". > > However, the new tools are neither as

Re: FYI: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

/developerworks/rfe/ > > From the RFE community page, the simplest route I've found is to > - click in the All Products drop-down and type "know" > (which is enough, as of today, to get you to KC... > over time, more characters might be required) > - hit Enter to se

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > Actually, KC seems to be one of the better of the "new tools". > > However, the new tools are neither as reliable, functional, nor > (especially)available as the tools they are replacing. > > Once IBM get out of the

Re: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

IBM needs to exploit the mechanisms. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Arwe Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 7:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: FYI: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using

FYI: you can request improvements to IBM Knowledge Center using the RFE process now

e required) - hit Enter to select IBM Knowledge Center - click on the icon to the right of the product drop-down (looks like a bold-face greater-than sign) --- full text --- IBM Knowledge Center is now in the Request for Enhancement (RFE) Community, where external IBM product users can make suggestion

Re: Knowledge Center

> On Mar 3, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Clark Morris wrote: > > [Default] On 3 Jan 2017 10:30:51 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote: > >> SHARE has been discussing online availability with IBM face-to-face for >> years, long

Re: Knowledge Center

AIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >Behalf Of Clark Morris >Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 8:39 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: (External):Re: Knowledge Center > >[Default] On 28 Dec 2016 12:51:53 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main >imugz...@gmail.com (Itschak Mugzach) wrote: > &g

Re: Knowledge Center

: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 8:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Knowledge Center [Default] On 28 Dec 2016 12:51:53 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main imugz...@gmail.com (Itschak

Re: Knowledge Center

: Knowledge Center [Default] On 28 Dec 2016 12:51:53 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main imugz...@gmail.com (Itschak Mugzach) wrote: >and they don't like Sundays... (but we work on Sunday, trying to >identify & solve weekend issues and it's usually down)... Someone who is an active SH

Re: Knowledge Center

uld submit a requirement that Knowledge Center, Shopz and any maintenance/fix etc. applications must be 24/365.24, i.e. total availability like Microsoft has. Clark Morris > >ITschak > >ITschak Mugzach >Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments Professional >

Re: Knowledge Center

rnet is a global, public network that simply does not meet >your demanding service level requirement. > I think many users would be delighted if it were merely brought to a level of availability comparable to Google's. >Fortunately, IBM provides an excellent solution for your requirement: t

Re: Knowledge Center

Isn't this just yet another example of why DevOps does not meet mainframers' expectations? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 3, 2017, at 08:24, Allan Staller wrote: > > Allan Staller asked: >> When is KC going to be as available as a typical z/OS sysplex? >> i.e. 99.%

Re: Knowledge Center

;-) We really do hear you all and have seen all the same problems ourselves. Just like with any other new, innovative tool, KC is working through its growing pains. If it's unbearable in the meantime, take the opportunity to give KC4z a try! As always, if you notice a new issue with KC,

Re: Knowledge Center

BM. The Internet is a global, public network that simply does not meet your demanding service level requirement. Fortunately, IBM provides an excellent solution for your requirement: the IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS, included at no additional charge with z/OS. This solution does not require hav

Re: Knowledge Center

level requirement. Fortunately, IBM provides an excellent solution for your requirement: the IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS, included at no additional charge with z/OS. This solution does not require having any Internet connections at all because it runs on your own z/OS machine(s). (Unless you mu

Re: Knowledge Center

You have to understand, we are working at making KC intelligent. After all, that is the future, cognitive computing. So give it some time and KC will become aware and be able to tell you what you want the way you want it. Just a moment. Just a moment. I have detected a failure in the AE37

Re: Knowledge Center

New KC really sucks. Not only not scrollable, but kills Dolphin Browser on my phone. And it's slower than dirt, and poorly built, with content filling in after the page nav loads, so it looks like it's not even loading. But that's the least of it -- once it does load, there's no decent way to

Re: Knowledge Center

On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 13:00:07 -0500, Susan Shumway wrote: >Yeah, it's a bit buggy, especially on IE. Per a July thread, the icon is >apparently still there, just microscopic or invisible (such that knowing >where it should be and hovering your mouse around should find a >clickable spot). Do as Jack

Re: Knowledge Center

Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 12:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Knowledge Center Yeah, it's a bit buggy, especially on IE. Per a July thread, the icon is apparently still there, just microscopic or invisible (such that knowing where it should be and hovering your mouse around

Re: Knowledge Center

Non-scrollability - at least on Mobile Safari - remains an issue. :-( Cheers, Martin Sent from my iPad (from where I would test any fixes sent my way for this) > On 2 Jan 2017, at 18:00, Susan Shumway wrote: > > Yeah, it's a bit buggy, especially on IE. Per a July thread,

Re: Knowledge Center

Yeah, it's a bit buggy, especially on IE. Per a July thread, the icon is apparently still there, just microscopic or invisible (such that knowing where it should be and hovering your mouse around should find a clickable spot). Do as Jack suggests or try a different browser. On 12/28/16 7:59

Re: Knowledge Center

If you want PDFs, SK4T-4949 is still around, the 4Q16 just went live earlier this week. If you want the IBM Knowledge Center plug-ins for z/OS (KC4Z) -- this is the one with KC that is "native" to z/OS and installed in the USS but the content comes separately (yes, the Softcopy

Re: Knowledge Center

Paul Gilmartin wrote: It's intermittent; it appears and vanishes. Browser psychosis. Flush the cache. Close and reopen. -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe

Re: Knowledge Center

Paul Gilmartin wrote: Grrr... Every time I get used to the way it had been working, they change it. I don't think they've changed it, you just have to remember to click the little plusses and minuses. Anyway, haven't you downloaded the entire archive onto your box yet? PS ... Does anyone

Re: Knowledge Center

On 2016-12-28, at 13:52, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > and they don't like Sundays... (but we work on Sunday, trying to identify & > solve weekend issues and it's usually down)... > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > >> Seems to for me, I think. >> It's intermittent; it

Re: Knowledge Center

Seems to for me, I think. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:25 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Knowledge Center Grrr... Every time I get used

Knowledge Center

Grrr... Every time I get used to the way it had been working, they change it. Very recently, the striped rectangle near the upper left opened a left sidebar which listed, hierarchially, the ToC of the entire z/OS library. Now it doesn't. -- gil

Re: Knowledge Center search link

AGREED! This will be about the first nice thing I have ever said about KC! I got into looking at the search option while researching a replacement for LookAt. ::DISCLAIMER::

Knowledge Center search link

This will be about the first nice thing I have ever said about KC! I got into looking at the search option while researching a replacement for LookAt. I have added this bookmark to my desktop: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/search/ If you start there you can find things pretty well

Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13

[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 12:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13 Of course if this is the page you are seeing, then there is a pull down box to get to the 2.1 manuals

Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13 Of course if this is the page you are seeing, then there is a pull down box to get to the 2.1 manuals. Also, you might need to sign in to get to "stuff" -- This message and any attachments are intended only f

Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 10:22 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13 > > I typically just use the FEEDBACK function and give very low marks with > > BAD

Re: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13

016 10:01 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13 > > I went to the usual page that I start my z/OS publication research today, and > the link to the z/OS V2.1 page points instead to the V1.13 pages: > > Bookmark is: > &

zOS V2.1 Knowledge Center link points to V1.13

/index.html z/OS V2.1 link under the heading "Search z/OS information in IBM Knowledge Center:" points here: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_1.13.0/com.ibm.zos.r13/en/Homepage.html Can someone from IBM who monitors this list please get that link on the web

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

Ah, I love doing that as well. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

: IBM Knowledge Center https://docops.ca.com/home I am registered with CA, etc., etc. but I don't think that is necessary. Give the above a try. Apologies if I am mistaken and cookies or something like that are signing me on. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

Bill Woodger wrote: Thresh it out/Thrash it out are very similar. Probably ðe same word, really. I just was looking for an excuse to use ðe fine old letter "edh" (ð) in an IBM-MAIN message. ðe opportunity does not arise every day! The former would be more like here. Get a lot of

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

Thresh it out/Thrash it out are very similar. The latter has some connotation of two sides and a more contested debate (more to the subjective than the objective). The former would be more like here. Get a lot of information, toss out what is indigestible, and hope that the gluten-intolerant

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

John McKown wrote: ​"throshen"? as in: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id=MED45467 ​ That's a word I've never run across before. Not many use middle English. You cite "thresh", but this is "thrash" Middle English Old English Pres. PastP.P. Pres. Pret.s.

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

John McKown wrote: ​"throshen"? It's a perfectly cromulent word ... -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe www.softwoehr.com # with a fine understanding of human fallibility.

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2016 2:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center I wish CA (and others, but I need CA mostly) made its user manuals available for "whomsoever wills". It would make finding general informa

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Jack J. Woehr <j...@well.com> wrote: > As much thrash as has been > ​​ > throshen about the IBM Knowledge Center, it's an amazing resource. > ​"throshen"? as in: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id=MED45467​ That's

IBM Knowledge Center

As much thrash as has been throshen about the IBM Knowledge Center, it's an amazing resource. All those mountains of documentation at the fingertips of those of us who'd usually rather read up on IBM business systems than great world literature. I find myself reading the Knowledge Center

Frustrated with IBM knowledge center

Hello all, I have been trying to find a z/OS knowledge Center for z/OS V2R2 that will install on windows. So far I have found one that installs on z/OS using SMP. Is there one for windows and if so can I download it for installation? Any help appreciated. Thanks

Re: Request for Knowledge Center to search within book.

That URL doesn't work for me. Regardless, for searching within books, check out the experimental Search Scope Catalog and let me know what you think: www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2/zos-search/zossearchscopes.html On 08/19/16 11:44 AM, Mike Schwab wrote:

Request for Knowledge Center to search within book.

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=93288 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 15:51:05 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > > iconv -f utf-8 -t ascii//translit < sample.c > sample2.c > Thanks. TextWrangler worked fine for me. This is eerily reminiscent of the 026 keypunch with two minus signs. FORTRAN liked the 11-row punch and loathed the 8-4. -- gil

Re: Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

Gil, If you are using Linux, or a system with GNU iconv (even Windows with cygwin), you can do this: iconv -f utf-8 -t ascii//translit < sample.c > sample2.c "translit" causes characters that cannot be represented in the target set to be approximated by "similarly looking" characters. I

Re: Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

John McKown wrote: that publications people are using a "smart editor" to create their documentation. Much like MS Word (may it be accursed)​ ​ inserts "smart quotes" when I want inch and foot marks (" and '). There's an option in Word (ptui, ptui) to turn this behavior off. "Smart quotes"

Re: Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

Getting OT here but in Word you can readily turn off smart quotes and or use insert symbol when you want a true " or '. Charles ​Hum, my guess on this is that that publications people are using a "smart editor" to create their documentation. Much like MS Word (may it be accursed)​ ​ inserts

Re: Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Susan Shumway wrote: > On 07/30/16 2:38 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> From: >> z/OS >> z/OS 2.2.0 >> z/OS XL C/C++ >> z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference >> Library functions >> iconv() - Code conversion >>

Re: Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

On 07/30/16 2:38 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: From: z/OS z/OS 2.2.0 z/OS XL C/C++ z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference Library functions iconv() - Code conversion Example CELEBI01 I tried to copy, paste and compile the sample code. Didn't work. Every character that

Knowledge Center C/C++ RTL Unicode

From: z/OS z/OS 2.2.0 z/OS XL C/C++ z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference Library functions iconv() - Code conversion Example CELEBI01 I tried to copy, paste and compile the sample code. Didn't work. Every character that should have been '/' (slash; there are many)

Re: Softcopy Librarian & Knowledge Center Content

Ron, You have two options depending on where you want to use the assets: 1) Use Knowledge Center for Z (KC4Z) that gets shipped with zOS. Obviously, this is going to come up on your intranet from a zOS session. You can use Softcopy Librarian (SCL) to upload the KC plug-ins OR 2) Download

Re: Softcopy Librarian & Knowledge Center Content

geCenter. I set up the new subdirectories in my repository and downloaded a few KC collections. They show up in my Repository as "Knowledge Center Content". > > My question is how do I access this stuff on my PC? > Softcopy Reader doesnt seem to see them, or do I need to

Softcopy Librarian & Knowledge Center Content

collections. They show up in my Repository as "Knowledge Center Content". My question is how do I access this stuff on my PC? Softcopy Reader doesnt seem to see them, or do I need to change some settings there too? Anyone got this wor

Knowledge Center Feedback and direction

of the details may have changed. However, if there is a new session at Share in Aug 2016, it might have an updated presentation on KC. Session 169036 Discussion: Knowledge Center Feedback and Requirements 1 Thursday, March 5, 2015: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM Jefferson A (Level 4) (Sheraton Seattle) Speaker: Geoff

Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

I believe that the data areas for z/OS 2.1 were never available within Knowledge Center, available only via PDF (such as by the link that John Eells provided). An improvement in the process by which those books are produced has let them become part of Knowledge Center for z/OS 2.2. Peter

Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

Or "O' Brother". In a message dated 7/1/2016 2:32:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: Think of the closing scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 11:03:40 -0400, John Eells wrote: >I heard back from the person I contacted. As I surmised, most of the >people are off today (and, of course, Monday). However, perhaps this >will tide you over for now: > >The MVS Data Areas for z/OS 2.1 are available for download as PDFs

AW: Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

> I heard back from the person I contacted. As I surmised, most of the people are off today (and, of course, Monday). However, perhaps this will tide you over for now: Thank you, John. Much appreciated. There is no hurry, at least not with me. I've got all of the PDFs on all machines I

Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

of the IBMers watching the forum know whom to contact to tell them that the zOS/ V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals are missing in the new Knowledge Center? The feedback link on the page seems to be just general feedback about IBM. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

whom to contact to tell them that the zOS/ V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals are missing in the new Knowledge Center? The feedback link on the page seems to be just general feedback about IBM. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

Would anyone of the IBMers watching the forum know whom to contact to tell them that the zOS/ V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals are missing in the new Knowledge Center? The feedback link on the page seems to be just general feedback about IBM. -- Peter Hunkeler

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