On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:49:52 -0500, Lionel B Dyck wrote:

>Example of the issue:
>
>ISPF Panel code:
>
>)ATTR
>  0D TYPE(PS)
>  05 TYPE(PS)
>. . .
>)BODY
>
>Ideally would like a workstation IDE user to be able to view the data and 
>perhaps update it and at some point return to z/OS for use.
>
This depends on the workstation users' having editors that
can deal with nondisplayable characters.

Aggravated by ASCII<=>EBCDIC.

I suppose that since ISPF supports hex editing, it was a natural
design choice to rely on nondisplayable characters in ISPF panel
definitions.

Using an ISPF look-alike on the workstation hardly solves the problem.

-- gil

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