Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/21/2005
at 06:25 AM, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Huh? Edit macros are available under TSO EDIT?
Yes.
You mean like ISREDIT?
Had I meant ISREDIT then I would have written ISREDIT, ISPF or PDF.
Well, I said "like".
So where can I read about TSO EDIT edit macros? I don't see any
discussion about them in the TSO Commands reference doc.
Read up on the EXEC subcommand of EDIT.
OK, done. Interesting, but less than enlightening. It
looks like when I am in TSO EDIT I can issue the
EXEC subcommand and invoke a CLIST or a REXX exec.
But, the doc goes on to say:
"Specify only REXX instructions in the REXX exec.
Specify only EDIT subcommands and CLIST statements
in the CLIST." [interesting restrictions; not
useful for my needs; also interesting that this
is one of those areas where a CLIST can be more
powerful than a REXX exec]
But, the short write up ends with this mysterious
assertion:
"You cannot specify TSO/E commands in the CLIST or
REXX exec until you specify END to terminate EDIT."
I consider it mysterious because it seems to imply
you can be in TSO EDIT, invoke a CLIST or exec which
can terminate TSO EDIT and then continue to run,
issuing TSO commands. This seems really unlikely.
Anyway, thanks for pointing this feature out to me.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
The stuff in this doc is not edit macros in the
sense I find practical; is this what you were
alluding to?]
No; I'm alluding to a file containing a CLIST or REXX program, called
from within EDIT and generating EDIT subcommands. They've been around
for decades and I'm fairly certain that some are in SAMPLIB; I'm
positive that some are on the CBT tapes.
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