On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:37:19 -0500, Pinnacle wrote:
>
>... File 967 at http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm was
>created to deliver as many RFE's for ISPF as possible, given IBM's
>dwindling development resources for ISPF.
>
Alas, working for an ISV I had to avoid non-IBM facilities lest I inadvertently
mention them in instructions to customers. And our helpful admins assisted
us here by declining to install extensions such as CBT.
>***********************************************************************
>* ...
>* RFE 112741 - Simplify UNIX file access in ISPF by *
>* prepending current Unix directory to *
>* filename for COMPARE, COPY, CREATE, *
>* and REPLACE commands ... *
>*
Good.
>* ... (BROWSE, EDIT, and *
>* VIEW require member names and continue *
>* to issue "Invalid member name" error message) *
>* *
Bummer. I long found it irritating, inconsistent, and silly that whereas
entering Browse, Edit, or View as a line command before a PO data set
in a list causes display of a member list with the specified command as
the default, doing likewise on a UNIX directory issues an error message
rather than displaying a member list.
I surmise, since you mentioned the exception, that:
o you considered it
o you found it impractical.
>***********************************************************************
>* ... *
>* RFE 128561 - ISPF OPT 3.4 block delete commands should *
>* delete VSAM cluster, and bypass DATA and *
>* INDEX components without stopping *
>* *
I'm delighted with this one; it eliminates a PITA.
I've long considered it a bug that when I specify:
HLQ.**.CSI
and request no additional qualifiers, it nonetheless displays the DATA and INDEX
components. Experts tell me this must be WAD. I don't understand.
Thanks greatly,
gil
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