Check out https://zosopentools.github.io/meta/#/ for an ncurses port to z/OS OMVS, along with A LOT more (git, curl, ...)
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Clem Clarke Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 9:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Converting Assembler TPUTS to ISPF Good one Kirk! Yes LOL! I will leave ncurses alone! I spent months trying to get it to work on the C version. I had it working in Windows then recompiled it for Linux, and it wouldn't work. It couldn't find the terminal type. I said some rude words, and finally wrote some code to convert the excellent Borland C CONIO routines to use the ANSI escape sequences. So now it works on Linux and Windows using pretty much the same code. It allows the use of Borland's simple GOTOXY, GetCusor and color routines. I wonder if these routines would work on Z/OS? Either TSO or the Unix terminal? That would be fantastic. It would save programmers SO much time. I'll post my code for the ANSI codes in a few days, and perhaps someone could try it? Many thanks, Clem ----------------- Kirk Wolf wrote: > Maybe port ncurses to ISPF? (LOL). > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies > https://coztoolkit.com > > Related: Our port of ncdu to z/OS can be very handy. We include a binary or > you can build from source with "make". > https://coztoolkit.com/community/ncdu.html > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2023, at 2:17 PM, Schmitt, Michael wrote: >> ISPF also now supports panel exits than can dynamically build or change the >> panel as it is loaded. >> >> >> As a long time ISPF user and dialog developer, may I just say that I don't >> like applications that run in ISPF but fake their panel displays, so they >> don't act like a real ISPF dialog. It is like using an Electron app; it >> never behaves the same as the real thing. >> >> I see this mostly in applications that were originally VTAM apps and later >> ported to ISPF. CA-7, I'm looking at you. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
