On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2011, at 13:44, John Walker wrote: > > > Say, I have been noticing over the last year or so that i FREQUENTLY end > up with my edit setting set to NULLS ON. This is an annoying and aberrant > setting for any non-PC or non-unix use, which is to say ALL mainframe > applications and work. However, when I set it to off, it ends up being > reset somehow by ISPF. It seems that sometimes I am not even in browse or > edit and it still does it. How can I reset this obvious over-riding default > which I dislike? > > > ??? > > I couldn't _live_ with NULLS OFF. For example, when editing JCL > (surely a non-PC and non-unix use), if I have NULLS OFF and attempt > to insert a character, the keyboard locks and I must: > fighting with this denali installation plus trial of microsoft online services :: download after dowload install/uninstall soon my contrivance will reach it's fatal crash I sense it Dim dsw.protected_namespace AS new(); > > o Press RESET to unlock the keyboard. > > o Press INSERT to reassert that mode. > > o Move the cursor past the end of the line. > > o Press ERASE EOF. > > o Move the cursor back to the intended insertion point. > > o Insert my character. > > Yucch! (But wouldn't it be neat if pressing INSERT MODE > momentarily set NULLS ON?) > > (Usually, I just set NULLS ON; do my insertion; and hope that > it doesn't end up being reset somehow by ISPF.) > > -- gil > -- Chace [‡] Daggers
