A note for the achives - be aware that working with large screen sizes on z/OS 1.10+ can cause "hang" conditions in certain ISPF modules unless you increase the HIBFREXT value in TSOKEY00.
We had to set our HIBFREXT to 96000 to overcome the problems. Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: 25 February 2009 15:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Screen size (was 3270 emulator cost) Mark Zelden wrote: > One thing I have found that has made it much easier for me, is to not > use the "screen format - data" ISPF support nor the "alternate primary > size" that Ed worked so hard to get implemented (BINPSZRC). I use "screen > size - max" > all the time so I always see the "small" size instead of it getting "big" > as I swap between ISPF panels. Yes, there is that "white space" / > brackets > (whatever) at the sides of the viewable data for those panels and the > wrapping issue with ISPF option 6 (which I rarely use), but overall I > like it *much* better as do the people I've converted to using the large > screen sizes. > Yes, "bouncing" screen sizes are awkward and distracting. Sometimes rows you could see in one mode disappear in the other. That's the reason I keep the rows constant between primary/alternate screen sizes and use "Screen format 1. Data" under ISPF. If I find myself using an emulator or environment that supports only a 24x80 primary size, then I always use "Screen format 3. Max" under ISPF as you have suggested. That setting uses the alternate screen size only. I've found 90x80 ideal for editing JCL, assembler language source code and/or displaying any other screen with traditional 80-byte card ancestry. The input fields wrap as you would expect them to, for example on the TSOCMD panel. But, I agree it's more difficult to establish and maintain this kind of configuration. FWIW, here is the logmode I use for PCOMM. TITLE 'P9090142' ****************************************************************** * 90X80 AND 90X142 * ****************************************************************** P9090142 MODEENT LOGMODE=P9090142, FMPROF=X'03', TSPROF=X'03', PRIPROT=X'B1', SECPROT=X'90', COMPROT=X'3080', RUSIZES=X'87F8', PSERVIC=X'0280000000005A505A8E7F00', APPNCOS=#CONNECT -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [email protected] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
