On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:27:48 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: >On 6/20/2011 4:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> ISPF wouldn't tolerate it; I know; >> disconnecting from an ISPF session and reconnecting with >> a different geometry results in an endless iterative >> "TERMINAL I/O ERROR". I can't even SAVE and END. But >> that's ISPF tunnel vision. OTOH: > >A command processor is not expected to issue GTTERM and adapt to any changes in >screen geometry prior to every terminal I/O. Rather, standard procedure is to >issue GTTERM once per command. When the command ends, the user can rebind and >run another command at the new dimensions. > This "standard procedure" is of little avail to the user who can't get past the I/O error to issue the SAVE and END commands. Surely issuing GTTERM would be a reasonable component of recovering from a terminal I/O error. Don't tell me; let me guess: the command processor is never notified of unrecoverable terminal I/O errors, not even by RC/RSN value.
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