> Hi Fred, > Yeah, but, for anyone using 3270 Model 2, 3 or 4 emulation, there could be a > lot of left and right scrolling in Edit or View (not Browse). > That might be annoying.
Ah, I see. I don’t have that problem because we edit sources in ID4z IDE based on Eclipse) and my terminal emulator is set to 132 columns so I'll always see the entire line in Browse or Edit. If you running a terminal emulator set to 80 columns you'll miss the last 7 characters of the comment and the continuation character. Editing an assembler source the continuation character is hidden on the right hand side does not sound like fun. > > Regards, > David > > On 2026-07-14 01:01, Windt, Fred van der (Sociale Verzekeringsbank) wrote: > > > I never noticed ICTL; I like this suggestion. We don't have FLOWASM in build > process and the folks that govern the build process seem to have no interest > in > introducing it. This is especially helpful when you use the HLASM's Toolkit > Structured Programming Macros. If you indent code in control blocks > comments tend to get squeezed between the instructions and column 72. This > frees up 8 additional columns wasted on sequence numbers. It makes a real > difference and will use it from now on. Thanks for sharing. > > > > Fred! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Richard Zierdt > > Sent: woensdag 8 juli 2026 22:19 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Assembly: ICTL 1,79,16 > > > > Anyone using ICTL in assembly language? > > > > ICTL 1,79,16 moves the continuation column to 80, allowing more "free > form" coding, leaving more room for comments, and not having to worry > about where that pesky column 72 is, which is effectively moved to column 80 > where it's easier to see and code for when necessary. > > > > When a macro is invoked, the assembler mixes "traditional" code with a > "non-standard" ICTL directive. > > > > Yeah, 73-80 was for sequence numbers, but I haven't dropped a deck of > cards for some time now. > > > > Richard Zierdt > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
