Kirk Wolf wrote:
I normally use an ssh or (non-3270) telent session to get a "real" Unix shell on z/OS, but sometimes it is necessary or convenient to the the TSO OMVS command. It has always bothered me as to why this thing wasn't an ISPF dialog so that you could split the screen, etc. Doesn't this bother anyone else or am I missing an obvious work-around?
I find it frustrating also. What I do is usually work under omvs then get into oedit of some file; from there I can split the screen and do other ISPF work while holding my place in the omvs screen (one nice side effect: you don't time out if you have one screen running omvs). But there are drawbacks to this approach, too. You can't have two non-oedit omvs sessions and swap between them - unless you started omvs with multiple sessions; but then, the swap command works only for the omvs sessions, not any other ISPF screens you have going.
I thought it might be nice to write an OMVS replacement as an ISPF dialog, but it is not obvious to me that it is very easy to do... What you would like is a multithreaded (multiple TCBs under z/OS) ISPF application - one thread handles normal input processing, and the other updates a temporary scrollable table with the output as it arrives. I could be wrong, but ISPF seems to be limited to a single thread and to "half-duplex" 3270 conversations. I could work around the single-thread problem, but there doesn't seem to be a way in ISPF to support a "full-duplex" 3270 conversations. Comments appreciated,
I would be happy with a swap command to swap among omvs sessions and a different swap command to swap from an omvs screen to the ISPF split screen sessions. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com z/OS Application development made easier * Our classes include + How things work + Programming examples with realistic applications + Starter / skeleton code + Complete working programs + Useful utilities and subroutines + Tips and techniques ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
