https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.f54em00/nulls.htm ISPF edit option NULLS. Choose your poison as needed. NULLS OFF - end of field filled with blanks. NULLS ALL - end of field filled with nulls. NULLS STD - end of field gets 1 blank and the rest nulls.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:04 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
