On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:35:30 -0500, Tom Conley wrote: >On 12/9/2020 4:41 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >> I want to disagree that multiple emulator sessions--even the best, and you >> all know what that is--substitutes for a proper external session manager. ... >> Does an "external session manager" present the appearance of multiple (possibly emulated) terminals, leaving each connected mainframe session oblivious to the presence of that manager or other sessions?
---------------------------------- >While Skip brings up a point that multiple sessions may reach a limit of >usability, the big limitation for me is only one window with the session >mangler. There are may times that I bring up two TN3270 windows side by >side for comparisons, etc. My other beef with Session Manglers is that >you must have a good attention key config to move from session to >session, and I've only encountered one installation that really worked. > Most desktop systems have the capability to: o Run multiple concurrent instances of an application, each with its own window. This is most common for Linux programs. MacOS and Windows prefer to run only one instance at a time of any application. o Allow a single instance of an application to open multiple windows. o Allow an application to support multiple tabs within a single window. I don't know which of these capabilities are supported by "even the best". I'm not afflicted with Windows. I understand that Windows 10 (finally) supports multiple workspaces (desktops), a capability available for many releases of MacOS and Linux. In each case, the OS or application provides the capability to switch easily between workspaces (gesture), instances, windows, or tabs (click). That should allow moving easily from session to session except for the muriphobic. Other valuable facilities are the ability to copy-and-paste text between sessions or between a session and any other application (such as email for communication with support) and to capture a screen image, preferably as searchable text for documentation. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
