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jerryte
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Joined: 29 Oct 2010
Posts: 202
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
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If a program has comments inside a "box" made up of asterisk then here is an easy way to edit the contents without having to retype the box.
Tip#1 - leave off the right side of the box. This makes it easy to edit without detracting from the appearance too much
Tip#2 - if you really like a complete box then use the edit tabs feature
- type command TABS on a line next to the box to expose the tabs line
- Within the Tabs line put an asterisk 1 position to the right of the left side of the box
- Put another asterisk 1 position to the left of the right side of the box (see below)
- on the command line type TABS ON STD to activate the tabs
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000004 *****************************************************************
=TABS> * *
000005 * *
000006 * PROGRAM: SAMPLE *
000007 * *
000008 * *
000009 * PLATFORM: MVS BATCH; COBOL II *
000010 * *
000011 *****************************************************************
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Now when you insert or delete lines within the box ispf will not change anything to either side of the tabs. Don't forget to turn TABS OFF when you are finished. |
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don.leahy
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Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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Location: Whitby, ON, Canada
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Cool. I haven't used TABS since my very first ISPF training course. Nice to see that they're good for something.
I usually follow Tip #1.
I am not a big fan of comment boxes anyway. Back in the days when program source listings were routinely printed they were a useful way to draw attention to the comments. Nowadays I prefer to use the ISPF Edit "HILITE COBOL" subcommand, which causes the comments to turn blue. |
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Jeffrey Ranney
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Joined: 23 Dec 2010
Posts: 20
Location: USA
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This is a very good tip! However, the user will have to turn the TABS off after each use so it doesn't affect the rest of your edit session.
Another good way to do this, is to use special characters in the body of the comment block, usually low-values. In the original example in the first post, make column 8 and column 71 inside the comment box be low-values. This way, you can TAB to each tab entry.
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You can go through the ISPF tutorial to read about the other formats of tabbing in ISPF EDIT :
1 - Software tabbing
2 - Hardware tabbing
3 - Logical tabbing
N'joi !! |
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