Re: Large screen monitor

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The "CF" spec is just freeform, right? Use the regular text Format for 
freeform lines.  (I did see the list of enhancements btw.  The listing is 
early-on and much more is coming later I am sure.  Without some sort of 
decent editor I don't see how you can even think of using the new 
features.  The 5250 data stream just doesn't have the juice.)

I share your frustration with Code/400.  Just today my installation boiled 
over and stopped working properly.  It will take a day or so next week to 
figure out what went wrong.  I suspect someone made a "Windows Upgrade" on 
my workstation and overwrote something vital.  But hey, that's the Windows 
World and business managers just love it, so why fight it?

The Code/400 installation is clumsy and difficult and it is far from 
intuitive to use but it offers so much more than SEU that it has to be 
considered.  My personal favorite tool is the "indent view" for if-end 
structures, and next favorite is the calc specs' opcode dropdown box that 
lists all opcodes.  When an opcode is chosen and in focus, a click of the 
Help displays the full section from the Reference Manual for that opcode. 

The DDS piece is especially useful.  Start a DDS member, hit the Help, and 
choose the list of all keywords that are available.  Pick a keyword and 
get the reference manual and examples of how to use the keyword.

(btw, if any IBM people reading this are miffed about my comments on "ease 
of installation", get 20 good RPG programmers that have never seen or used 
Code/400 in a room  and give them a variety of machines and 20 CD's with 
Code/400.  Promise them free pizza when 5 of them have written a "hello 
World" program that works.  Add in free beer if it not only works, but 
runs on the appointed AS/400.  Let them cheat, talk, rant, whatever they 
want, but they can't go outside the room for help.  They may do it easily 
but I'd bet $100 they won't be done in 4 hours.)

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Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@erros.co.uk>
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07/28/2000 04:05 AM
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Booth 
 
What features would you like to see them include as enhancements in SEU? 
I can understand your comment that it does the things you want it, so I am 

befuddled about your wish that they continue enhancing it.  I can't 
imagine what else they can add.  It now has full help screens, prompting, 
copy and paste, copy append and paste next, 80 column, 132 column, 
auto-backup, editable option file, and many other new and/or vastly 
improved features.
I agree that SEU currently provides the functions that I require.  But if 
you saw the posting on this list with a link to "e-Xtreme Software for the 
Extreme 
Machine", a most interesting long note by Bob Cancilla on 
www.ignite400.com on IBM's ambitious plans for the AS/400, it stated that 
they would be enhancing RPG (& others) with features such as freeform RPG 
that would not be supported in SEU. 
If you haven't seen this, click on this link Extreme Software for the Extreme 
Machine 
Of course, I don't know whether I will wish to use these new features as 
yet, but if I do, then I will have to drop SEU and use CODE/400 which will 
seem a step backwards. 
Why should we be upset that the product is stabilized now?  There really 
isn't much more that can be added is there?
a "CF" spec amongst others. 
Rob Dixon 
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