On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:37:24 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: >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.
I really don't see that getting any traction since the workaround is to "EXTRACT /BASETYPE" if wordpos(basetype.1, "ASSEMBLE COPY MACRO") > 1 then do "SET TRUNC 72" "SET ZONE 1 72" end in your PROFILE XEDIT. For a more sophisticated version of that, have a look at the label SetView: in https://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/altmarka/profile.xedit Alan Altmark IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN