No, sorry, what I really mean is that instead of going to ISPF option 2 and typing in a DSN, I generally type "tso ed <dsn>" on the ISPF command line. Same for VW and BR, and a few other REXX execs.
The ED, BR and VW commands run the DSN I give it through RENDSN, a routine that checks the string against a list I maintain. So if I say "tso ed jg", it'll look up JG and return the name of whatever PDS I'm using at the current installation for general JCL. The RENDSN list has a few dozen DSNs in it that I use often enough to bother recording them; that way I don't have to remember the name of the production CFILE, or where the SuperSession parms are stored, or whether at this client the common REXX library for the security team is this or that. So most of my most commonly used "DSNs" are really two- or three-char shortcuts. Saves me some thinking and a lot of typing. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. -Alexis Carrel */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 12:53 ITYM ISPF commands. Or maybe FASTPATH commands. Surely you don't often use the TSO editor rather than the ISPF editor? --- On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 00:22:39 -0400, Bob Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: >Come to think of it, I still use TSO commands more often than some of the ISPF >menu options - ED and VW and BR commands rather than options 1 and 2, for >instance. I'm just happier with a command interface than some menus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
