On 17 Dec 2008 09:58:06 -0800, paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin)
wrote:

>Why, why doesn't ISPF edit, as an option, provide the facility to
>display long lines as single fields occupying multiple screen lines,
>as XEDIT does.  This makes insertion into a long line vastly
>easier.  Users preferring to shift right and left could leave
>the option disabled (as is likewise possible in XEDIT).

It's "Legacy".   We're dinosaurs here, and while dinosaurs were
successful & lasted much, much longer than the newcomers will, we are
not adapting to the future.

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