I have to deal with long lines, so I want cursor right to scroll. I can use HOME to get to the topp, and can scroll up from the command line to get to the bottom, so I'd prefer that cursor up and down from the entry fields wrap.
Is treating keystrokes different depending on the cursor location really modal? I certainly don't see it that way. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ISPF for mainframe Linux On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:03:50 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote: >On 1/27/2021 12:58 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: >> Nooo...! I use the cursor-down key all the time if I'm near the bottom >> of the screen and want to be near the top. I would be seriously PO'd >> if some ISPF-like program changed that to do any kinf of scroll down, >> whether line or screen at a time. > >Ha ha! Same here. That's probably why he mentioned it should be an >option setting, for folks like us who exploit the cursor wrap-around >(both up/down and even left/right). > True, I did say "optional". Oddly, I've relied on the left/right wrap more than the up/down; particularly to add to the end of a line (with nulls on.) Probably because my files more often fit the screen horizontally than vertically. At times, I've put the function of vi's 'A' in a macro on a PF key. And/or I've set a "Home" key to memorize the cursor position so after a command it moves back to that position. I've seen complaints about the modal behavior of vi, but ISPF Edit is likewise modal according whether the cursor is on the command line. Hmmm ... How about Shift/cursor down for scrolling; regular for wrapping? The command line gets in the way of scrolling; my (XEDIT) "Home" macro hid the command line and PF key legend when it placed ] the cursor back in the file text -- a couple more lines visible on an antique terminal. -- 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
