On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:11:14 -0500, Ed Gould wrote:
>
>>>>> Yep, line mode. If you do a find and get no hits you're at the
>>>>> bottom.
>>>>>
>>>> That is one of the dumbest, most hostile behaviors I have ever seen in
>>>> an editor (but TSO edit isn't unique here).  If I do a find and get no
>>>> hits (very possibly because I mistyped the search target) a well-
>>>> behaved editor should leave the file position unchanged.
>>>
>>> I disagree and I did live with it for several years and learned to
>>> like it. When we got FSE it was like heaven.
>>>
>> OK.  Please explain why it's useful, or beneficial.  Does it save time,
>> or keystrokes, or ???.  Would you prefer it if ISPF Edit had that
>> behavior?
>
>AT the time it was the only thing available.
>And it was better than panvalet.
> 
But, specifically, why do you like the behavior of moving to the end
of the file on an unsuccessful search?

-- gil

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