How to recover from split screen when typing F2 by mistake?

coria · New User Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 36

surffering from this....

dick scherrer · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:33 am

Hello,

Try F3.

coria · New User Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 36

so the only way is to exit all the screens by f3 or =x then i can got a screen without split?

ofer71 · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:53 am

Why do you want to "exit all the screens"? Exit only the one that you started by mistake...

O.

Marso · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:12 pm

When you press F2 by mistake, you move the split line to somewhere in the screen.
To correct this, place the cursor on line 1 (from physical screen) and press F2 again.
This will put the split line back in place.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:10 pm

it all depends on the pf keys assignment

fol split sceeen processing there are basically three actions..

swap, ususlly assigned to PF9, it will swap/cycle between different split screens

split... it will open a new split screren if only one screen is active
it will modify the split line in case of two or more splits

split new... will unconditionally open a new splet screen up to the number defined in the ispf configurartion

to close a split screen simply position the cursor inside it ad keep pressing PF3 until it disappears

Marso · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:24 pm

From what I understood, coria don't want to close a split screen, just reposition the split line.
My previous reply still stands.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:26 pm

whatever the O/P was asking ( and still that is not clear )
I thing that we gave all the needed info

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:11 pm

Gursharan Khalsa · New User Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 33 Location: Salinas

When you press F2 by mistake, you move the split line to somewhere in the screen.
To correct this, place the cursor on line 1 (from physical screen) and press F2 again.
This will put the split line back in place.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:42 pm

Gursharan,

Your reply is replica of Marso's ..

...Did You want to 'quote' something..?

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:47 pm

I prefer to go to =0, then set "always show split line" off, then when I split screen with the cursor at the top, or use the START command, I get a new session with no split line.

This is particularly useful, aside from having all (up to 8) screens full, in flipping (via F9) between two screens looking for a difference, the way astronomers look for a moving object in two star field pictures.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:29 pm

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:34 pm

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:24 pm

Anuj - 0 is the usual ISPF menu command to go to the settings screen. Just go there and look around - experiment and use F1.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:38 pm

Thanks Phrzby.

I just realised that it's the first menu command in ISPF menu, generally I don't use it so it didn't strike me right away. Thanks for Your patience.