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Post #132,264
by broomberg
12/24/03 9:28:14 PM
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New How would I check for XEDIT?
Not found on the TSO command line.

COBOL? Not a matter of "hard". I just dislike it. Jumping through hoops to accomplish the simplest stuff.

I'll look further into REXX.
Post #132,269
by deSitter
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12/24/03 10:28:11 PM
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New tso %xedit dataset.name? no idea
XEDIT is more VM/CMS world it looks like, from browsing - try

[link|http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/ispf/|http://www-306.ibm.c...re/awdtools/ispf/]

I have an idea Mr MIS - hire me to implement Linux S/390 and I'll bring in Imric to do the REXX in the interim :)


-drl
Post #132,291
by broomberg
12/25/03 11:45:07 AM
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New No Xedit
But yes to ISPF.
The only reason to use Wylbur is for historical issues.
Old crappy editor that macro based systems have been created
against. I'm leaning towar ISPF right now.
Post #132,370
by static
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12/26/03 6:33:19 AM
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New ISPF can be very powerful.
Spend some time getting lost in the help pages. There are lots of tricks you can learn. I think you'll like Cursor page mode, for instance.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #133,202
by cforde
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1/2/04 1:59:55 AM
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New no XEDIT
TSO doesn't have XEDIT. That's only in the VM/CMS world. In the Unix and Windows worlds THE, [link|http://hessling-editor.sourceforge.net/|The Hessling Editor], emulates it pretty closely ("closeness" is configurable :-) In TSO, you have ISPF. It works from a similar paradigm, but lacks many of the the more programmable features. For instance, it's possible to use XEDIT as your display manager. ISPF is limited to editing files. :-)

Regarding REXX, I recommend checking out [link|http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/rexx/|IBM's Hursley site]. Lots of pointers to good information there. If you can find a used copy of [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0137806515/qid=1073026008/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1715200-4704868?v=glance&s=books|The REXX Language] pick it up. Amazon wants far too much for a new one. [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0070236828/qid%3D1073025787/002-1715200-4704868|The REXX Handbook] is well worth getting. It covers REXX in great breadth and detail. There are a couple of chapters dealing with TSO/MVS issues.

ps. the name of one of the authors of chapter 20 should look familiar. ;-)
Have fun,
Carl Forde
     MF Language choices - (broomberg) - (29) - Dec. 24, 2003, 08:29:01 PM EST
         Re: MF Language choices - (deSitter) - (9) - Dec. 24, 2003, 08:54:48 PM EST
             How would I check for XEDIT? - (broomberg) - (4) - Dec. 24, 2003, 09:28:14 PM EST
                 tso %xedit dataset.name? no idea - (deSitter) - (2) - Dec. 24, 2003, 10:28:11 PM EST
                     No Xedit - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 25, 2003, 11:45:07 AM EST
                         ISPF can be very powerful. - (static) - Dec. 26, 2003, 06:33:19 AM EST
                 no XEDIT - (cforde) - Jan. 2, 2004, 01:59:55 AM EST
             REXX issues - (broomberg) - (3) - Dec. 24, 2003, 09:36:42 PM EST
                 Re: REXX issues - (deSitter) - (2) - Dec. 24, 2003, 10:34:07 PM EST
                     Where to get RXVSAM - (deSitter) - Dec. 24, 2003, 10:35:59 PM EST
                     Thanks - (broomberg) - Dec. 25, 2003, 11:55:11 AM EST
         Isn't there a modern version/update of QuickJob? - (tablizer) - Dec. 26, 2003, 10:28:09 PM EST
         I know less about mainframes than you do but... - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Dec. 29, 2003, 11:11:22 PM EST
             Yup. - (broomberg) - (16) - Dec. 30, 2003, 11:04:31 AM EST
                 Is it just me? - (drewk) - (15) - Dec. 30, 2003, 11:24:00 AM EST
                     It is not just you - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Dec. 30, 2003, 01:48:50 PM EST
                         It's both of you - (broomberg) - (8) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:12:27 PM EST
                             Not what threw me - (drewk) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:24:01 PM EST
                             How does it know where the blocks end? - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:42:13 PM EST
                                 It doesn't - (broomberg) - (4) - Dec. 30, 2003, 05:01:35 PM EST
                                     There must be SOME rule - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 05:13:54 PM EST
                                         Yup - (broomberg) - (2) - Dec. 30, 2003, 06:23:38 PM EST
                                             So it nests blocks - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 30, 2003, 06:38:27 PM EST
                                                 Breaks a coding practice of mine - (broomberg) - Dec. 30, 2003, 08:27:04 PM EST
                                 Re: How does it know where the blocks end? - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 30, 2003, 11:16:23 PM EST
                     I took it: - (folkert) - (4) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:10:33 PM EST
                         I wish - (broomberg) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:13:40 PM EST
                             Feels very old-fashioned. - (static) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2003, 07:44:28 AM EST
                                 Hand code baby - (broomberg) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2003, 08:04:05 AM EST
                                     ... and I thought of that, too. - (static) - Dec. 31, 2003, 08:09:05 AM EST

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