> No, I asked about adding a blank at the end of a line If you type a blank at the end of a line filled with nulls then on a 3270 or compliant 3270 simulator the nulls will not be read and ISPF will not be able to determine that the blank was at the end of the line.
> No, if I do that now, Read Modified returns that blank to the host. On a 3270 it does not return the nulls preceding the blank. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ISPF Question - browsing variable length records On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 19:55:19 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> When I care, I set NULLS OFF, or use the spacebar. > >That's the right answer to the wrong question. You were asking about the >ability to insert a blank in the middle of a string of nulls. > No, I asked about adding a blank at the end of a line. >> Which is why I didn't suggest IBM change it, nor change the 3270 >> specification. > >You wrote "It should be intuitive: add blanks by positioning the cursor at the >end of the line and pressing the spacebar." That would require a change in the >3270 specifications. > No, if I do that now, Read Modified returns that blank to the host. ISPF Edit discards it. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
