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Post by Admin on May 27, 2013 10:06:12 GMT -5
This area is for the obvious - suggestions. We've all used products and thought "If only it would ...". Well, let us know what you'd like. It doesn't have to be described in nitty-gritty detail, I'm sure we can figure out what you're after.
We can't promise everything suggested will make it out the door. Some things may just be beyond our ability. Some may be so unique and niche oriented that there would not be sufficient interest by other users. But we'll always give them serious consideration.
George
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Post by Brian on Oct 30, 2013 18:09:15 GMT -5
Is the latest version compatible with Windows 8 64bit? Had issues running after installation since I could not exit initial panel. Clicking DONE (or CANCEL) did nothing....
Thank you!
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Post by George on Nov 4, 2013 11:08:19 GMT -5
Brian: Certainly it runs under Win64, my development system is Win 8.1 64 bit.
The 'initial panel' - the one prompting you to choose an initial choice for Enter and NewLine?
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Dumb question, I just went and did an initial startup test (not something I would do often)
Aaargh!! I see what you mean. Very bad bug obviously. I'll get back to you ASAP.
George
P.S. Sorry for not seeing your post sooner, for some reason I'm not getting notify messages from the board, gotta check that too.
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Post by George on Nov 4, 2013 11:25:45 GMT -5
Brian:
Now I'm stumped. I cleaned out the Registry keys for SPFLite and (I think) deleted the INI files and got your problem. But now when I'm ready to trace and debug this, I can no longer get it to fail.
May take me a bit longer to come up with an answer.
George
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Post by LT on Jul 6, 2014 9:51:10 GMT -5
When using m/f ISPF I have found the COMPARE command very useful. Any plans to implement something similar in SPFlite?
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Post by nicc on Jul 7, 2014 13:27:03 GMT -5
On mainframe I tend to use the 3.whatever for comparing rather than at the time of actual editing of the data. I do use the compare facility within TextPad but find its output terrible to interpret.
I use it mainly for comparing various files that I have downloaded to my "box of tricks" (mainly rexx programs and ISPF panels) and I need to check why I have 2 (or more) files with the same name and which one(s) to delete.
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Post by chaat on Nov 20, 2014 11:20:35 GMT -5
have you looked at the winmerge project on sourceforge ? I find that it does a pretty capable job of comparing files.
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2014 13:53:46 GMT -5
File comparisons tools are just like editors, everyone has their favorite for their own reasons (I prefer CSDiff). As to somehow crowbarring a compare function into SPFLite? Robert is quite right, not going to happen. I just don't think an editor is a good base to build upon for that function, better left on its own.
George
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Post by Rogério Alegre Ferreira on Jul 9, 2015 3:55:26 GMT -5
Hi!
I'm wondering if you are considering of preparing SPFLite to read Micro Focus VSAM Files.
It would be great to have thar feature...
Thanks and keep the good work.
RAF
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Post by Rogério Alegre Ferreira on Jul 9, 2015 3:58:01 GMT -5
On the above post:
- thar feature = that feature
- read = read / update
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Post by Rogério Alegre Ferreira on Jul 9, 2015 7:23:14 GMT -5
Hi Robert,
Thanks for your answer but I cannot say you anything about the Micro Focus record format.
I'm a Program Manager for a Rehosting Project in Portugal (from Main Frame to a Micro Focus installation on Solaris) and therefore I don't have the technical details (I suppose that you can get it over Micro Focus if you plan to implement that feature over SPFLite).
At the moment we are evaluation SPFLite in order to give a editing tools Mainframe like to our development guys and maybe (if we device to use SPF Lite and go for a licensing) we will ear news from us in the future.
Regards,
RAF
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Post by Rogério Alegre Ferreira on Jul 10, 2015 8:00:16 GMT -5
Hi George,
Thanks for the information and I'm aware that SPFLite is a windows product but we have another software mapping the Solaris folders for windows environment so for SPFLite the Solaris files will appear to be windows files.
And I can confirm you that our Rehost is from a Mainframe to a Solaris based system (we have Oracle support) with an implementation of Micro Focus Enterprise Server.
For now we are testing the use of SPFLite only for flat files (we have a lot of these in our installation) and regarding the "VSAM" files as there is no File Aid for Solaris we are developing a tool to "edit" these - in fact it will be a batch program that can read File Aid like commands to make the changes that we might need but of course that a solution based on SPFLite would be much better.
Once again thanks for all.
Regards,
RAF
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Post by George on Jul 13, 2015 9:11:33 GMT -5
Rogerio: Robert:
As usual, anything is possible, but until some details of just what these files look like, it's impossible to comment properly. But really, at the heart of it, they are text files, wrap them up any way you like, there has to be some straightforward method or API to provide access.
George
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Post by George on May 18, 2017 12:27:56 GMT -5
Garbuya:
Welcome to the forums. If you're a totally new SPFLite user, then I believe you have some reading to do, a lot of what you are asking for is already present.
First off, SPFLite has one of the most customizable keyboards around. Explore it, you'll be surprised what you can do. e.g your Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V functions are predefined in the basic configurations - did you even try them?
Want Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown for top and bottom? - just set one to 'Top' and the other to 'Bottom'
Really? Ctrl-F; type your string, choose Word, Case and Directions options, Press Enter. This is better?
Have you even tried just stretching the window? It's not FIXED in any way.
Try the mouse-wheel. You can set the scroll amount to whatever size you want, and holding Ctrl while using the mouse-wheel multiplies that. Scrollbars are great if the program is using MS support to draw the window view-port into the text. SPFLite does not handle the window this way, so scrollbars are just not possible.
Sorry, I just don't agree that right-click context menus are efficient. You ask for KB shortcuts, and then also ask for the clumsier right-click stuff. If you have Ctrl-C for Cut - why/when would you ever do a right-click, and mouse select from a menu. Why not just setup the default for a mouse right click to be a Cut / Copy, then you can select text with the mouse and cut/copy in one simple mouse movement. Yes, you can assign shortcuts to the mouse buttons, just like the keys on the keyboard. Including all the variations like Ctrl-right-click, Alt-, CtrlAlt- etc. etc.
We have incorporated a large number of the 'Windows' style items, certainly not all of them since for many it is just not possible.
The keyboard oriented, command line style has been purposely kept as a primary goal. But SPFLite has also added far more features and capabilities that ISPF ever offered. Things like PowerType, MultiEdit, Edit State saving, Line Tags, Powerful Line Split/Join commands, etc.
Improving SPFLite is always our goal, but adding features to make it "just like every other PC editor" is not on our list - sorry.
I hate to say RTFM, but SPFLite is not just a simple clone of ISPF. It's worth your time to explore what's in it, and to customize it for your own preferences. I think you will find a bit of time spent tweaking your settings and keyboard/mouse layout will be well worth the effort.
George
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