On 30/10/2013 9:55 PM, Dave Cole 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.
Slickedit has an ISPF emulation mode with line commands and a command
line. It's my editor of choice and has a plethora of blistering fast
search options, including incremental
search. I set it up for a colleague who uses SPF/PRO for coding
assembler. I created a customized project for the Tachyon assembler
tool-chain. IIRC, there were some minor differences in some of the key
bindings
and that was a game changer for him. Because it wasn't exactly the same
as SPF he wouldn't use it. I switched to the standard CUA emulation
pretty much straight away because I found it more productive than
issuing line
commands but it's not so easy for guys that have been using ISPF for
over 30 years.
Dave Cole
ColeSoft Marketing
414 Third Street, NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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