Lets stop trying to imagine. In what universe does ISPF (not edit) support line mode terminals. Would you use the Emacs editor outside x-windows? If you can make ISPF support line mode, then edit will automatically have line mode capability.
Jon Perryman On Saturday, August 9, 2014 2:22 PM, Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >On Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:11:55 -0700, Jon Perryman wrote: > >>What makes a fullscreen editor not a line mode editor? I can't think of any >>ISPF edit commands that require full screen features other than entering the >>command thru the command area in the screen. Granted, the full screen >>features make life easier and the command area is very small.� >> >Imagine I have a VT-100-type TELNET TSO session. Can I use ISPF Edit, >however cumbersomely in that session? (Very hypothetical; kinda like >enumerating and contrasting the different ways to clear a register in >assembler code, frequently discussed in these fora.) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
