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Post by andy on Sept 9, 2017 3:18:24 GMT -5
Hi
Following the fix to backtab in HEX mode, backtab in TEXT mode now jumps up one line, causing me to action the wrong line!
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Post by George on Sept 9, 2017 11:35:30 GMT -5
Andy:
Backtab goes back a tab position at a time within the line, then back to the line # area and then to the LAST tab on the previous line.
When tabs are off (or none defined) it goes backward from the line number area to col 1 of the previous line and then back to the line number area, etc.
That's what it's doing for me, and that's what it's supposed to do.
What are you seeing that differs from that?
George
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Post by andy on Sept 11, 2017 3:59:25 GMT -5
Hi George
Thanks for that - I hadn't appreciated the difference in behaviour when TABS are ON or OFF. TABS had been set ON at some point and I had not appreciated the effect.
Behaviour is different if backtabbing from a hex line in hex mode. With tabs on, the cursor goes to the line number area of the current line; with tabs off the cursor goes to a blank area beneath the line number.
Thanks
Andy
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Post by George on Sept 11, 2017 11:16:03 GMT -5
Andy: Yes, when HEX is on it acts differently. I tried to make it consistent, but those extra lines in HEX mode make life miserable, especially when the tab action has to go back or forward a screen to get the proper line into view.
And I have to be honest, sometimes things get so convoluted I just throw up my hands and say "good enough". You know the scenario, fix A and B goes south, fix B and C and A act up, back off, try again and this time D goes south. Grrr!
George
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Post by andy on Sept 13, 2017 7:29:18 GMT -5
Hi
That's OK - I understand!
Out of curiosity, why does backtab go to the line area of the previous line when tabs are on? It seems an odd concept.
Andy
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Post by George on Sept 14, 2017 11:24:26 GMT -5
Andy: BackTab should always go to the line areas as part of it's process. Why? Because on the original 3270's backtab went back to the previous field, regardless of it's line. Gad! I've been retired so long I can't even remember what those bytes were called that delineated the fields in the 3270 buffer. And I used to be able to hand build a 3270 buffer in hex if needed. Seniility is wonderful - you don't even remember what you don't remember.
George
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Post by George on Sept 17, 2017 11:00:24 GMT -5
Robert: Thanks for the memory refresh. Ah! The 'good old days' - I can remember coding 3270 data streams long before they even introduced TSO, and the screens had to be accessed via BTAM, remember that? Basic Telecommunications Access Method. Before TCAM and VTAM etc. came along.
George
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Post by George on Sept 19, 2017 18:35:06 GMT -5
Robert: CICS was always a total mystery to me, it was supported in our shop by an entirely separate department, thank heavens. We had enough trouble just keeping the system itself up and running. I remember the big celebration we all had when the system stayed up for an entire week without crashing.
George
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