Re: Command Keys

Hello Scott,

Because KO is not used.  The only reason I can think of for this harks back
to coding sheets where KO 
and K0 (Kzero) would look too similar.

<opinion source=myown>
But don't use these bloody indicators anyway.  They are simply not
necessary and obscure -- who knows 
what *INKT is (without counting on your fingers).  Assign the indicators 01
to 24 to the function 
keys, use 25 to 31 for the other engraved keys (RollUp, RollDown, Help,
Home, Print, Clear, and Dup), 
and define standard uses for the remaining 32 to 99 indicators.

Better still, don't use indicators for these functions at all in a HLL; use
the AID byte in the file 
feedback area (accessible from RPG, COBOL, and C) instead.  You will still
need to reserve 01 to 31 
for any CL programs which handle display screens.

Indicators in RPG should only be used where the syntax requires them.  They
can be minimised everwhere 
else.  Interactive programs are the only ones which need lots of indicators
and if you structure your 
use of them properly you can minimise their use and pretend that the *INKx,
*INUn, etc indicators 
don't exist.
</eopinion>

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 98 15:38:56 -0600
From: "Scott Swaim" <scott71@hpnc.com>
To: "Midrange Mailing List" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Command Keys

ot ever programming command keys above CMD13, here is my question.

Why in RPG is the equivalant indicator for CMD24, KY.  If you follow down
the letter/number sequence this should be KX.

TIA


Scott Swaim
Quality Corps, Inc.
scott@qualitycorps.com
http://www.qualitycorps.com