11:31 AM
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Subject: Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines
On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 14:35:41 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>That is not a workaround for the problem that I'm addressing. Consider the
>command
>
> CHANGE /FOO/FOOBARBAZ/
>
>on a li
On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 14:35:41 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>That is not a workaround for the problem that I'm addressing. Consider the
>command
>
> CHANGE /FOO/FOOBARBAZ/
>
>on a line with few spaces. With TRUNC 72, text can spill over into the
>continuation column. The change I'm suggesting
of
Alan Altmark [alan_altm...@us.ibm.com]
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Subject: Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:37:24 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Maybe compatibility with EDIT. XEDIT came out with VM/SP R2, and by then 32
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:37:24 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Maybe compatibility with EDIT. XEDIT came out with VM/SP R2, and by then 3270s
>were ubiquitous.
>
>Maybe an RFE is in order for a mode in which the TRUNC column applies to
>editing commands bu not to input from the keyboard.
I really
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Alan Altmark [alan_altm...@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 12:27 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:47:31 +
FYI,
Prior to converting from a System-3 to a 4331 running DOS/VS, IBM
dropped a line-mode remote terminal into our shop. This would be about
1981. We edited programs and JCL using it for about 4 months before we
finally got our 4331.
Until this discussion, I had kinda forgotten this
On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:27:51 -0600, Alan Altmark wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:47:31 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>>Bummer. Maybe someone from IBM can shed light on the issue.
>
>I speculate that this was to prevent INSERT and CHANGE from overlaying column
>72 by accident when editing in line
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:47:31 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Bummer. Maybe someone from IBM can shed light on the issue.
I speculate that this was to prevent INSERT and CHANGE from overlaying column
72 by accident when editing in line mode. When you're ready to put in
continuation characters,
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:21:46 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote:
>Seymour J Metz wrote:
>
>>With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from
>comments into the continuation column. You can still key a character into
>column 72.
>
>Nope. Well, you can key it, but it won't "take".
Seymour J Metz wrote:
>With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from
comments into the continuation column. You can still key a character into
column 72.
Nope. Well, you can key it, but it won't "take". That's part of the
definition of TRUNC.
, February 23, 2022 12:25 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:22:40 + Seymour J Metz wrote:
:>I believe that XEDIT and UPDATE are substantially as they were in VM/SP R2,
except that starting with R3 you could write y
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:22:40 + Seymour J Metz wrote:
:>I believe that XEDIT and UPDATE are substantially as they were in VM/SP R2,
except that starting with R3 you could write your macros in REXX.
:>With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from
comments into the
I believe that XEDIT and UPDATE are substantially as they were in VM/SP R2,
except that starting with R3 you could write your macros in REXX.
With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from
comments into the continuation column. You can still key a character into
column
Binyamin Dissen wrote:
>Hope that I am not doing too many newbie questions. I did a lot of VM in
the
>80s, including mods to CP and CMS, but either my memory isn't good or
things
>changed quite a bit.
No such thing as "too many" REAL questions (not "Do my homework for me"!)
>Why is
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