Hey, some what on subject. What is the ISPF setting so when I key a comment to the right or anything w/o first filling with spaces, all my data does not fly to the left when I press enter?? Thanks, Duffy
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Conmackie, Mike < [email protected]> wrote: > One simple solution (and most likely not the only one) is to set a PF > key of your choice to the > ISPF short command "CURSOR". Activating this key always positions the > cursor at the first > character of the command line regardless of where the command line is > positioned. > > > > The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It > contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named > addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose > it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately > and then destroy it. > > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 4:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ISPF PF Keys (was: Eclipse Assembler syntax plugin) > > Just demonstrating how this is done (changing the thread subject :-) > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Michael McCawley > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Mostly, that there is no HOME key to return you quickly to the command > line > > at bottom > > > > You can HOME and TAB back twice, or take your hands off the keyboard > and > > use > > the mouse, but both those paths are impediments to quickly navigating > thru > > several open ISPF windows (I use START on PF2 and SWAP NEXT in all my > key > > lists and typically have 4-5 or more windows active. > > > > The default settings seem to be targeting mouse-centric navigation > (which I > > loath). Those I observe using a mouse to navigate ISPF frequently > land on > > a > > non-entry panel byte and subsequently lock their keyboards. Then, > since > > their keyboard definitions are also PC-centric, they will open a > separate > > keypad for a RESET key, use it, and relock their keyboard entry by > hitting > > SPACE instead of TAB, then tell me why they hate the mainframe. > > > > Proper emulator keyboard mapping and ISPF settings, plus a bit of > gentle > > guidance, would make many new ISPF users much happier and more > productive. > > > > It's not that much different than the adaptations expected of > mainframe > > users needing to work in the Unix world. > > > > Just my $0.02 worth. > > > > >
