X ALL;F ALL P'<' (find only lower case)
C ALL P'<;' P'>'.(change all lower case to UPPER CASE).

On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 10:59 PM Schmitt, Michael
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I’ve had users complain that my application generated JCL with some lower 
> case comments, because it turned CAPS OFF when they edited the JCL, and then 
> they got JCL errors because they were entering key words in lower case.
>
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of 
> Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 7:23 PM
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: ISPF Edit - how to switch off CAPS ON?
>
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 21:19:12 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka  wrote:
>     ...:
> I want to have CAPS OFF in my ISPF Edit profile.
> Unfortunately whenever I edit/view any member with no lowercase
> characters the profile is automatically changed to CAPS ON.
> I understand such behaviour may be useful, however I need to have CAPS
> OFF despite of characters in currently edited member.
> .
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fzos%2F3.1.0%3Ftopic%3Denvironment-initial-macros&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.schmitt%40dxc.com%7C8771af02206143a309c008dd14cb6529%7C93f33571550f43cfb09fcd331338d086%7C0%7C0%7C638689586023301245%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FOBV585e3xHevT0yf28KGCj1y1lGza9JNEmRqjN%2Bp64%3D&reserved=0><https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=environment-initial-macros>
>
> For example, if you want caps mode on even if the data contains lowercase 
> data, create an initial macro with a CAPS ON command. The editor first reads 
> the edit profile and the data, then it sets caps mode to correspond to the 
> data. Next, it runs your initial macro, which overrides the edit profile 
> setting of caps mode.
>
> But would you need to specify such an initial macro in multiple profiles?
> Is there no provision for a default or "otherwise" profile in which you
> could code a SELECT instruction to cover multiple data set types?
>
> I'm a strong advocate of minimal munging -- Leave my data alone!
> The default should always be ASIS.
>
> In the past I've used Teletype-oriented editors which reversed the
> 3270-culture conventions: "lower" meant convert all input to lower
> case, and"caps" meant "asis".
>
> --
> gil
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