That is not a workaround for the problem that I'm addressing. Consider the
command
CHANGE /FOO/FOOBARBAZ/
on a line with few spaces. With TRUNC 72, text can spill over into the
continuation column. The change I'm suggesting is that there be a new mode in
which
1. Any type of insert or string replacement has no effect beyond the
truncation column
2. Data keyed in beyond the replacement column are retained
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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Subject: Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines
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
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