On Wed, 24 May 2023 00:43:05 +0000, Alan Young wrote: >Is the file RECFM=V? For me, variable records seem to vex ISPF browse and edit >more than RECFM=F files. It runs out of storage sooner with the variable >length files. That is with a TSO region of 131072. > ISPF Edit and View (and, I believe XEDIT) really don't understand variable length records. It appears that on input they convert the file to effectively fixed length by appending x'40' up to LRECL and removing all trailing blanks on Save. Relatively recently, the PRESERVE option was added, but the need was misunderstood. With PRESERVE, if I have a record with ten trailing blanks and place the cursor in the middle and ERASE EOF to remove five of them, they come back on Save.
The ISPF developers should practice with almost any desktop editor, or vi in z/OS UMIX to see how this can work. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
