I have _no_ desire to obtain SPF/PRO or any other Windows software. I was just curious how much of ISPF it actually mirrors. Only the editor? Editor+macros (what macro languages?)? Complete Display Manager?
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Dave Cole <dbc...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 10/30/2013 09:40 AM, John McKown wrote: > >> Being a Linux bigot (only use Windows at work), I am wondering if there is >> any documentation on SPFPRO or other ISPF-like environments. In >> particular, >> do these products emulate all of ISPF or only the ISPF editor? Can the >> editor run macros? If so, only REXX or can it use other scripting >> facilities such as Windows "command" scripts or maybe even some other >> scripting language? >> > > John, > > Unfortunately, SPF/PRO was orphaned by CTC when they introduced SPF/SE. As > indicated previously, I did not at all like SPF/SE, so I stuck with SPF/PRO. > > Since SPF/PRO is orphaned, you cannot get it from CTC, and if you, like > me, have a legacy copy, you have to put up with a couple of annoying bugs > that CTC refuses to fix. > > Since SPF/PRO has met (and continues to meet) my needs both as a file > managed, as a blazingly fast searching tool and as a text editor, I have > not extensively investigated alternatives. > > Dave Cole > ColeSoft Marketing > 414 Third Street, NE > Charlottesville, VA 22902 > EADDRESS: dbc...@colesoft.com > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
