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Post by Robert on Jul 18, 2024 15:17:35 GMT -5
George,
I just happened to run across a Hercules YouTube channel where they were talking about adding a 'real' ISPF to MVS 3.8, only the native 3.8 didn't come with ISPF, and it was proprietary anyway.
Anyway, I was curious what it might take to create a "primary option menu" ala ISPF for SPFLite? If might only need one panel. This would be a help to new users. RIght now, SPFLite has pretty much all the capabilities of ISPF but not the panel stuff. This could be a way to introduce new users to SPFLite who wouldn't have to read 1000+ pages of the Help doc. You'd probably have to have a yes/no option stored somewhere that indicated if you wanted to run with the primary option menu or not.
Just a thought ....
R
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Post by George on Jul 18, 2024 15:48:03 GMT -5
Robert: Not sure what this could offer. It would be a menu with very limited choices. And a Primary menu would, of necessity require sub-menus, and that means we're into a proper panel display heirarchy, leading to requests to support other ISPF tool options, etc. etc.
Yes, I know, I'm getting carried away with all the If a, then B, and If B then C ... pathways.
This is a VERY complicated structure change, not some quick bolt-on addition.
George
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Post by Robert on Jul 18, 2024 17:16:29 GMT -5
The way IBM did it is that they had a panel processing subsystem that they used for everything.
I am thinking, a panel library, a PANEL xxx command to launch one and then maybe a macro to interpret the panel member. No, not some quick bolt-on. The panel libraries would have formatting codes that would have to be interpreted.
I don't know if your fingers are up for this, but it would be glorious. We would need user involvement to see what features would be useful. This would actually have to be planned.
R
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Post by George on Jul 18, 2024 21:11:19 GMT -5
Well, if this were to be done, it won't be from this side. I don't know if you ever actually developed a full app integrated with PDF panels etc., I have, and even with all the IBM panel support in place and working, it was a major piece of work.
Don't hold your breath on this one.
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Post by Robert on Jul 21, 2024 13:23:38 GMT -5
I have been doing some more thinking on this one. I have enough of an idea to write a spec, but if you are dead set on retiring, I don't want to burden you with this. It would be a general facility called "panel mode". Panel mode would take over the screen, and would be initiated by a PANEL primary command, and controlled by a macro to inspect user input and so on. If you were interested in seeing the spec, let me know and will put one together. You might find it interesting.
R
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Post by George on Jul 21, 2024 14:44:41 GMT -5
Robert: I'll look at anything, I'd love to see how you figure it could be integrated what what exists.
George
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