Re: AW: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-30 Thread Marc Schoechlin
Hi, On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 08:41:23AM -0600, Dave Jones wrote: I believe IBM is working on a piece of Linux software that will allow ASCII (SSH) logons to z/VM Linux guests that do not have networking available, using the IUCV device driver. to drive the Linux console interface from

Re: AW: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-29 Thread Dave Jones
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009 19:58 An: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface I know this topic has been discussed, but looking thru the archives, I keep finding similar topics, but not exactly the same Using the 3270 console interface

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Scott Rohling
When you say 'line editor' - that's exactly what you are forced to use.. for example sed. You won't be able to use a 'fullscreen' editor unless you use an ascii console.. vi/vim/nano are all fullscreen editors. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tom Duerbusch duerbus...@stlouiscity.comwrote: I

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Jack Woehr
Tom Duerbusch wrote: What is a good line mode editor? ex is the traditional Unix line mode editor, written for just such environments. It's the dark side of vi :) man ex -- Jack J. Woehr# I run for public office from time to time. It's like http://www.well.com/~jax # working out

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Edmund R. MacKenty
On Wednesday 28 January 2009 14:01, Scott Rohling wrote: When you say 'line editor' - that's exactly what you are forced to use.. for example sed. You won't be able to use a 'fullscreen' editor unless you use an ascii console.. vi/vim/nano are all fullscreen editors. Actually, sed is a script

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Ayer, Paul W
Of Edmund R. MacKenty Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:09 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface On Wednesday 28 January 2009 14:01, Scott Rohling wrote: When you say 'line editor' - that's exactly what you are forced to use.. for example sed

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
man ex gives me the man page for vi. ex being an short way to start up vi and put it in ex mode. And when I try ex, yep, that's vi G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jack Woehr j...@well.com 1/28/2009 12:58 PM Tom Duerbusch wrote: What is a good line mode editor? ex is the traditional Unix

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Dave Jones
Tom, for most 'simple' file editing that needs to be done from the 3270 console (i.e., before the network is available), I've found that the 'ed' editor works well. It's command set is small and easy for me to remember. Jack Woehr wrote: Tom Duerbusch wrote: What is a good line mode editor?

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
However, it is not on the rescue system. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com 1/28/2009 1:39 PM Tom, for most 'simple' file editing that needs to be done from the 3270 console (i.e., before the network is available), I've found that the 'ed' editor works well. It's

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Tom Duerbusch wrote: However, it is not on the rescue system. Well, then, submit that to the vendor as a requirement. After all, ed is the standard text editor. http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html Adam

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Ok got around the problem of ed not being on the rescue system. Use ed from the installed system (duh). /mnt/bin/ed filename So far, my testing using the rescue system, ed is the right tool. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com 1/28/2009 1:39 PM Tom, for

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Rick Troth
'vi' will come up clean on a (dialed) 3270 (or the console if you did a #CP TERM CONMODE 3270 before bringing up Linux). You will still have pain w/r/t the Esc key. The 3270 driver honors the cursor positioning and text highlighting protocol used by a DEC VT220 (roughly ANSI X3.64). With a

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Scott Rohling
Wow - thanks Rick - I hadn't played with conmode 3270 or dialing.. thanks for reminding us -- Scott On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Rick Troth r...@casita.net wrote: 'vi' will come up clean on a (dialed) 3270 (or the console if you did a #CP TERM CONMODE 3270 before bringing up Linux).

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Rick Troth
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Tom Duerbusch wrote: ... Use ed from the installed system (duh). /mnt/bin/ed filename nice ...:-) -- R; -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

AW: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Rempel, Horst
-...@vm.marist.edu] Im Auftrag von Tom Duerbusch Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009 19:58 An: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface I know this topic has been discussed, but looking thru the archives, I keep finding similar topics, but not exactly the same