I wasn't necessarily complaining, just making an observation. I (like most others I suspect) treat the HMC as a tool of last resort. If everything else goes to hell you can always use that. Like TSO line mode edit or vi. That should convince you my expectations are modest.
Shane ... On Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 at 9:49 AM, "W. Kevin Kelley" wrote: > We are well aware of the shortcomings of the HMC System Console (and > we learn of new shortcomings from time to time). I think it is fair to > say that we know of several things that could be done to improve the HMC > System > Console experience -- some of them quite radical -- but without > requirements (from SHARE) that we can point to (or a REALLY BIG customer > that's > gotten themselves into trouble), its really difficult to get things like HMC > System Console improvements into our plan. To do so, we don't do something > else, and we need good reasons to make that trade-off. > > I think if you check the archives you'll see that I've discussed the > HMC System Console several times before. I ran the task force within IBM > in the late 1980's that defined the architecture (and I've got the patent to > prove it) that the system console command and message streams and BCPii ride > on > top of, so I feel a certain amount of ownership, and I still stick my > nose into this stuff when (and while) I still can. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
