On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:56:09 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > on 07/30/2014 at 06:40 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>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, although having an option would be more user friendly, as >would optional first and last operands on FIND. > As would NEXT and PREV.
What does repeat FIND do once you're at the end of the file? If it repeats the search from the opposite end in the same direction, I can see some use for the behavior. Still, I prefer ISPF's convention of issuing an error message on the first unsuccessful FIND, and wrapping on the next -- friendlier in the case of typos in the search target. I regularly use ISPF in batch -- no terminal necessary. So can one use ISPF Edit in line mode? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
