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On Mon, 15 October 2001, Scott Klement wrote: > (you'll have to forgive that, I > _never_ use PDM... yuck) I imagine the big use of PDM is not to enter _an_ option against _a_ library/object/member (source members are not the only focus), but instead to use the list processing capabilities. PDM is an interface to a list of libraries, objects or members, allowing you to perform actions against elements in the list. (Further, the list elements are handled as objects; ie., option 5 against a program acts different than against a source member.) And when you get into user-defined options, the real power becomes more evident. > But, on the other hand, OS/400 has some advantages too. The "prompt" > capability is certainly one of them. It's unusual that someone is > familiar with all of the nuances of every command that they need to > use, yet figuring it out when hitting F4 solves that problem. An important part of <F4> is the capability of _dynamic_ listing of valid parameter values (not commonly used by creators of CMDs, but it's there). Besides, I've learned various *nix command/utility switches at different times over the years, but it's definitely trouble remembering them a year later. Seldom have a similar problem under OS/400. > True. You could likewise create a program in OS/400 that allowed > you to display a source member without having to type a long, awkward > command string. Heh. Kinda like edtf mysrc.c? Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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