I'd submit that that's a poor reason to avoid KEDIT (and probably THE). Both offer other things that XEDIT doesn't. Yes, there's crossover confusion--between XEDIT, ISPF, and KEDIT I go through "Oh wait, wrong command!" on a regular basis--but "this one feature isn't there" is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Not relevant to everyday usage, but KEDIT has for decades been my model of an excellent product: when it was in active development, Kevin would often add more features between Betas than most products add in across a whole release. And when it does fail--rarely!--it's always left a small but useful dump that lets him figure it out in a hurry. As opposed to your average PC product, where "It falls over" is met with "Restart it and hope it doesn't happen again". -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:50 AM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Is HLASM efficient WAS: Telum and SpyreWAS: Vector instruction performance Does KEDIT support SET PENDING these days? The absence of a compatible SET PENDING is what kept me from adopting KEDIT or THE as my preferred PC editor.
