On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 08:45:19 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >On 8/2/22 11:06 am, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>> ... >>> The characters are supported in all code pages. They are just in the >>> wrong code-point when translating between IBM-273 and ISO8859-1. I have >>> formed the opinion that the ISPF editor does no honor code pages >>> and only supports translation between IBM-1047 <-> ISO8859-1. >>> >> The ISPF editor does much better than that. But, in general, it's >> complicated: >> <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=commands-using-automatic-code-set-conversion> >> > I should have cited the , which shows more: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=reference-controlling-text-conversion-zos-unix-shell-commands>
>I don't think it does. I just edited a ISO8859-1 tagged file using 037 >and inserted square brackets []. > What did ISPF HEX display show for the "[]"? What codes did "od -tx1" on z/OS show after you Saved the file? > ... When I edited the file using Vim the >square brackets had not been translated correctly. > On what platform did you run Vim? How did you transfer the file? (FTP? IND$FILE? ...) What did "od -tx1" on that platform show as the []"? >I am almost 100% sure that ISPF only supports conversion from 1047. I'm >going to ask IBM. > And automatic conversion may deceive you. IBM fixed "od" by APAR to not convert automatically by default. I'd be only slightly surpriseed if the bug slipped back in. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
