I've used WSA to get multiple sessions for the same userid, but IBM never seemed to have any interest in making it more user friendly. Yes, the absence of a block cut/paste was unfortunate.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Tom Brennan [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ISPF for mainframe Linux I'm just saying it was a surprise. I don't know anything about WSA other than I tried it once, saw that each line of the simulated ISPF edit area was a separate edit box, and that did it for me. I never tried it again. On 1/26/2021 11:03 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:41:42 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote: > >> I haven't used SPF/PC in many years, but I do remember it doing things >> that weren't possible via 3270, and those were sometimes a surprise. >> For example, I think I remember it automatically scrolling down text >> just by moving the cursor past the bottom of the screen. Can't do that >> on a real 3270 terminal. >> > Are you suggesting (below) that's undesirable? I'd think it ideal. A 3270 > emulator should (by configuration option) automatically send PF8 when > the user moves the cursor past the bottom of the screen. > >> One of my many dead-end projects was a C program that would run in the >> background on Windows, listen on a port for your own TN3270 emulator, >> and then simulate the TN3720 connection processing and basic ISPF >> screens, editor, 3.4, etc. The idea was that you could use your >> favorite TN3270 emulator for the equivalent of SPF/PC, which would then >> eliminate the possibility of the SPF/PC surprises I mentioned. Then the >> same code could be recompiled easily on Linux, since there's no GUI >> code. Your own terminal emulator is the GUI. Maybe somebody else >> already thought of this idea and finished it, unlike lazy Tom. >> > I think an enhanced ISPF should be factored as an X11 client, with > all the nice things that aren't "possible via 3270." Or is that what > WSA already does? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
