Maybe compatibility with EDIT. XEDIT came out with VM/SP R2, and by then 3270s were ubiquitous.
Maybe an RFE is in order for a mode in which the TRUNC column applies to editing commands bu not to input from the keyboard. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Alan Altmark [alan_altm...@us.ibm.com] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 12:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:47:31 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: >Bummer. Maybe someone from IBM can shed light on the issue. I speculate that this was to prevent INSERT and CHANGE from overlaying column 72 by accident when editing in line mode. When you're ready to put in continuation characters, do TRUNC 72 # CL :72 # COVERLAY X # REPEAT n # TRUNC 71. Naturally we all updated our profiles once 3270s showed up, so it turned into a non-issue. Alan Altmark IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
