John, AFAIK, only system programmers can set up ISPF exits, and I am not a sysprog.
The use of EBCDIC X'40' characters for trailing (non-existent) spaces in a putatively ASCII/UTF-8 edit or view display is both jarring and wrong. I did have NULLS ON in the displays I showed, but those were existing lines of text transmitted to z/OS from elsewhere. It is not the entering of data which is the issue here, but the display of existing data. I am not particularly against the ISPF editor function; in fact it has facilities I sorely miss when using other platform editors. But this behavior is not acceptable. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Gilmore Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 1:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ASCII/UTF-8 Edit and View existing file use X'40' for trailing spaces on screen?!?! Why do I feel the need to defend things like ISPF too often here? The ISPF editor makes a nulls mode available; it provides for optional warning messages when blanks are truncated; etc., etc. In general, it is much more parametric, both globally and for individual users, than this discussion has so far suggested. Moreover, there are elaborate facilities made available for supplying and using exits than can modify its behavior. It is an old, cosmetically ugly beast; and in many but not all situations there are better alternatives to it available. It is not nearly so bad as it is being represented as being. Are we perhaps dealing here yet again with atrophied skill sets? With people who no longer know how to use the facilities that IBM makes available to them? With systems programmers who are non-programmers? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
