On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:30:09 +0800, David Crayford wrote:

>On 2020-03-30 3:30 AM, Charles Mills wrote:
>>> Would it feel much different to practice Python via ssh on z/OS with data 
>>> in zFS than on
>>> Linux with data in ext4 fs?
>> Slower, costlier and a UI that does not take advantage of cursor movement, 
>> highlighting and control characters; otherwise about the same.
>
>Are you using the 3270 OMVS UI for shell access? If so, don't do that!
>On Windows use a terminal emulator like PuTTY which is full duplex and
>responds
>
I'm with you, fully.  ISPF (TSO) is good for SDSF, DDLIST, and little else.

>to cursor movement. Also, use Rockets bash port and not /bin/sh for
>interactive shells. I use Vim as the editor on headless systems and it's
>
I try to stay with POSIX spec, to keep my skills portable.  But bash is
pervasive.

>great once you've
>learned enough to get you going. It's a learning curve that's worth the
>effort. Rocket has a port of Vim which supports full colorization if you
>setup the terminfo database.
>
Or Vim on desktop via NFS.  Acceptance of NFS is strangely limited.

-- gil

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