Wayne Driscoll wrote:
If you use MAX, you get 60x160 for the screen size, however, you get "gutters" on the left and right when looking at FB 80 files (JCL, Asm, etc).
Those ISPF "gutters" (I've often wondered what to call those vertical rows of 'dots') underscore a weakness in 3270 capabilities. There is just no way to combine non-contiguous entry fields to operate as a single logical field. So, if you use (for example) ISPF option 6 to issue a long TSO command with the "gutters" present, you are actually entering data into multiple entry fields instead of a single field that wraps. (ISPF concatenates the fields after you press <Enter>.) Seems OK at first if you type everything right, but becomes a major PITA when you need to insert or delete characters from the middle of the command. Also, on a true 80-column display, the shortest path from column '1' to column '80' is to press the left arrow key. With those "gutters" present, it's a long trip around the "world". There are other inconveniences as well...
Obviously, it would be ideal if a 3270 presentation space could be dynamically re-configured to any size -- as needed -- by an application. Alas, today's 3270 applications must choose from only two screen sizes established at BIND time. With only two sizes to work with, you can be darn sure I'll figure out a way to use them both productively!
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