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ISPF

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Add ALPHANUM Keyword to ISPF Panel VER Statement

There are edit checks for ALPHA and NUM, but not ALPHANUM. We have the need to validate fields that should only contain A-Z,0-9. We have to do this programmatically now. A panel edit check is much easier and much less coding to do.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

ISPF Edit Clipboard setup

Users can create an ISPF Edit Clipboard using the CUT command and can then manage them using the CUT DISPLAY Clipboard Manager. The Clipboard Manager supports a description for the clipboard but the only way to add the description is via the Clipb...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

ISPF EDIT PASTE primary command needs AK and BK function

ISPF EDIT PASTE needs the ability to honor the After Keep and Before Keep line commands just like Copy line command does today.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

No warning on "conflicting" use of "SEQ" keyword in SuperC

When doing SuperC compares, the "SEQ" processing option is only valid for FB(80)/VB(255) datasets.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Update ISPCMDS table entries for Minimum TRUNC values (e.g. UDLIST should be 3)

The default ISPCMDS table has many commands that have a truncation value of 0 when there is no reason to force the user to type in the entire command name. Reasonable truncation values should be considered and implemented. UDLIST is an example of ...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Planned for future release

ZEXPAND changes

The ZEXPAND command is helpful for entering long edit commands but the current implementation is somewhat awkward.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Allow rexx program to insert file tailoring output lines

File tailoring skeletons allow imbedded rexx programs through the use of )REXX and )ENDREXX tags. I would like for those rexx programs to be able to insert new lines of output to the ISPFILE output, without leaving the rexx program. The rexx progr...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

retrieve last line command from ISPF DSLIST

Sometimes I issue a long TSO command as a line command on ISPF DSLIST. And then I would like to issue a variation of the command. I would like to issue a line command to retrieve, but not execute the previous line command. As a retrieve line comma...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

ISPF Table TBHIDE and TBFLIP functions

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

3.4 allow use of individual qualifiers

The data set list in ISPF 3.4 allows the use of a slash character to represent the entire data set name. Likewise, there are times when I would like to refer to only one of the qualifiers in the data set name. For example, if the data set name is:...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

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