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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...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

ISR@PRIM - Session - Add OS Level

Add 'OS Level' when a user displays 'Session' information from the ISPF Menu (ISR@PRIM). With z/OS 2.1 and above, IBM has introduced/defined a new system symbolic to display the Operating System Level (&OSLEVEL) For example: Menu Utilities Com...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Not under consideration

ISPF HILITE PLI - keywords missing

The IBM supplied ISP.SISPSAMP(ISRPXASM) from z/OS 2.1 (RSU1504?) lacks four PL/I keywords
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 7 Planned for future release

Enhance Search-For Utility Panel

Enhance the "Search-For Utility" panel (also "SuperC Compare Utility - New Data Set" panel and any other similar ones) so that Type (like Group) has room to enter more than one value.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

support workstation file names in editor macro statements

The ISPF editor already allows editing of workstation files, by specifying the file name on the WSFN parameter of the EDIT service of ISPF. I would like a workstation file name to be a valid when already within the editor, by making it a valid par...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

add details in SWAP LIST panel

The SWAP LIST display shows information about the various ISPF screens that are open. However, the information is cryptic. The SWAP LIST panel should include a scrollable field that includes the title line of the panel (please remove extra blank c...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Provide PROCLIB display with ISRDDN

ISRDDN should provide a PROCLIB display, similar to LPA, APF, or LINKLIST, to display JES2 proclib information.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Future consideration

=3.3 Copy Relative Line Numbers

Provide support for ISPF 3.3 Copy (Panel ISRUMC2B) to select relative line numbers, as does with ISPF Copy within Edit (Panel ISRECPY1):Line Numbers (Blank for entire member, sequential data set or z/OS UNIX file) First line . . . . Last line . . ...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

ISPF ZSTART functionality expanded

As it is now, ZSTART only works with ISPSTART when having a PANEL() plus a OPT() operator, e g: ISPSTART PANEL(panname) OPT(varname) 1: ZSTART working also in a "SELECT PANEL()..." statement - and/or2: ZSTART with ISPSTART working also with a CMD(...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Capability for customizing the ISPVCALL output dataset location.

Customer want to customize the output volume (UNIT) for the ISPF trace ISPVCALL. The output dataset is 'userid.ISPVCALL.TRACE'. <present behavior>module ISPVCALL tries to allocate trace dataset with hardcoded unitnames SYSALLDA and then SYSD...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

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