Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Tom Brennan
p://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Tom Brennan Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? This is prett

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Tom Brennan Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? This is pr

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? Peter, the answer to your PA1 Reshow mystery is simple: this is deliberate behaviour by ISPF which treats PA1 differently when keyboard is locked or unlocked. Pressing PA1 when unlocked (for e

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Tom Brennan Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? This didn't work for me exactly as described. I did a 3.14 search which lock

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
d Jaffe Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? On 2/19/2019 6:56 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > Thanks Timothy. I am indeed using TN3270E, but I am still somewhat mystified.

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
ter x23353 Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? Thanks Attila, but in both our cases the keyboard is definitely in the unlocked state when we are editing / writing code in the

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? There may be a few more variables to consider here to understand all the differences. I certainly can't remember all the nuances off the top of my head. I would think t

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-20 Thread Alan(GMAIL)Watthey
al Message- From: Attila Fogarasi Sent: 20 February 2019 5:46 am Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? Peter, the answer to your PA1 Reshow mystery is simple: this is deliberate behaviour by ISPF which treats PA1 differently when keyboard is

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-20 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Attila Fogarasi Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" functio

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? On 2/19/2019 6:56 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > Thanks Timothy. I am indeed using TN3270E, but I am s

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
Attila might have cracked the code, but I want to highlight something Seymour mentioned and expand on it. The presence or absence -- and the configuration -- of a 3270 session manager might have some impact on how "special" keys are handled, so that's another possible variable. IBM's CL/SUPERSESSI

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/19/2019 6:56 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: Thanks Timothy. I am indeed using TN3270E, but I am still somewhat mystified. PCOMM definitely maps "Attention" to the un-shifted Esc key on the keyboard, but it ACTS like PA1 in the ISPF / TSO HELP tutorial description on my employer's system,

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Tom Brennan
ginal Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 6:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? ISPF uses VTIOC facil

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Attila Fogarasi
ng > like this, in a community that cares enough to educate and inform. > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 6:17 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LIS

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Tom Brennan
essage- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 6:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? ISPF uses VTIOC facilities,

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
iend's shop the terminal is >coming in through, e.g., NVAS, TPX. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 5:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@L

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
tz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 5:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

Re: [ISPF-L] Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 5:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [ISPF-L] Where does ISPF deter

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
on.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? Thanks

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread David Spiegel
t? maybe a VTAM exit?) coded somewhere that re-maps > Attention to PA1? > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 1:16 AM > To: IBM-

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-19 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
t re-maps Attention to PA1? Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 1:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "At

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
Yet another possible complication/variation is if you're connecting via TN3270E versus TN3270. The "E" protocol handles certain special keys properly (or should), and the earlier protocol did not. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 5:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function? From the ISPF main menu, press PF1. Select General information. Select PA keys

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Steve Smith
As far as recovering some unfortunate editing goes, I think having ISPF Edit Recovery on is vital, and probably should the default. SETUNDO KEEP is a good idea as well. A colleague of mine will keep an edit session going for weeks! Not quite my taste, but the recovery option makes it feasible. s

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/18/2019 2:20 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: On a friend's z/OS system (not sure of the release), pressing "Attention" at any ISPF screen causes the terminal to be taken out of service (VTAM INACT). Sounds like the keyboard mapping is wrong. The "ESC" key is probably sending SysReq or si

Re: [ISPF-L] Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2019-02-18, at 15:20:08, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > [Dual-posted to ISPF-L and IBM-MAIN] > > On my employer's z/OS 2.2 system and as far back as they have employed me > (OS/390 R10 IIRC), pressing "Attention" (Esc on my PCOMM keyboard map) while > in an ISPF screen "refreshes" the screen

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Tom Conley
On 2/18/2019 5:20 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: [Dual-posted to ISPF-L and IBM-MAIN] On my employer's z/OS 2.2 system and as far back as they have employed me (OS/390 R10 IIRC), pressing "Attention" (Esc on my PCOMM keyboard map) while in an ISPF screen "refreshes" the screen to the last sta

Re: Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Tom Marchant
From the ISPF main menu, press PF1. Select General information. Select PA keys This will explain the PA1 (ATTN) and PA2 (RESHOW) functions, as used by ISPF. Next, you will want to see how these keys are mapped for your emulator. IIRC PCOMM also has a pop-up keypad for these and other functions.

Where does ISPF determine how to repsond to "Attention" function?

2019-02-18 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
[Dual-posted to ISPF-L and IBM-MAIN] On my employer's z/OS 2.2 system and as far back as they have employed me (OS/390 R10 IIRC), pressing "Attention" (Esc on my PCOMM keyboard map) while in an ISPF screen "refreshes" the screen to the last stable state, so if you accidentally erased a whole li