On 2016-04-21, at 19:38, Glenn Knickerbocker wrote:

> On 4/19/2016 11:09 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>>>>  Trust No 1  V 255  Trunc=255 Size=0 Line=1 Col=1 Alt=0
>>>>
>> Still an unfortunate choice.  For BFS, the Width and Trunc default
>> should be, "Doesn't matter", or "As much as you like".
>
> That would require XEDIT to use whole a different model for the file in
> storage.  XEDIT's model has always been a set of fixed-length records,
> which it pads on loading and strips on saving if the file is RECFM V.
> It needs to know the WIDTH before it can load the file.
>
In days of yore, wouldn't it have saved storage, then precious, if it
had stripped the blanks on input rather than on output?

-- gil

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