Not to forget: with PREF ON RIGHT, the cursor column displayed by the "termulator" corresponds to the place in the file... easier than looking at XEDIT's scale.
2008/2/21, Schuh, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The current, not command, line in the middle! Never fell in love with > ISPF. Left because: > > 1. It is close to the text, which is sometimes very convenient, > especially when using block commands. > 2. Everything to the right is from the file. > 3. Consistent with filelist and rdrlist. > 4. It is a prefix, not a suffix, area. A prefix should precede, not > follow. I read left to right, ergo, the prefix area should be on the > left :-) > 5. My termulator (What a typo! However, it is sort of catchy as a > short way of saying "terminal emulator".) is set to 3278-05. Having the > prefix on the right is not only ugly when editing a file having short > records, it can be downright difficult to associate the line > numbers with the data. > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:15 PM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey > > > > > On the RIGHT of course, and the command and scale lines at > > > the TOP. I don't know who thought the command line should be > > in the middle, but I guess the TOP vs BOTTOM vote was a tie. > > > > I really thing that the lefties are just lefties because they > > had previously used that lousy MVS editor which did it wrong. > > > > Tony Thigpen > > > > > > -----Original Message ----- > > From: Huegel, Thomas > > Sent: 02/20/2008 10:05 AM > > > Where does the prefix field belong? > > > On the left? > > > or > > > On the right? > > > > > > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
