Re: A step backward in time with EDTF

Scott, et al.

Since this guy is on an HMC, is there any way to use a VNC client when on an HMC? Those nifty programmer's tools - 5799-PTL or something - include running a VNC server in PASE, along with various interesting editing possibilities.

Just a crazy thought - some of the stuff Charlie Quigg has published might speak to this.

Vern

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From: Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello,

I've had a number of interesting responses in this thread, some of
which may prove useful in other contexts. But nothing so far that
beats the tool I've already found, as basic as it is.

Well, you gave some very sharp limitations... it has to be free. It
has to work on a 5250 interface. That pretty much narrows it down to
either EDTF or something like WRKDBF, but EDTF is certainly the better
tool for source code!

You could potentially use something like vi running under PASE, but it'd
be horrible in a 5250 interface. (If you could get a normal telnet
session instead of a 5250 one, however, it'd be a vast improvement IMHO,
though many would disagree with me.)

I run vi on my System i. It runs in PASE, and I access it via the SSH
server (part of 5733-SC1, option 1). It's free. It's plain-text,
doesn't require any GUI. But doesn't really work in the 5250 interface.
Plus, vi is something of an acquired taste... It's vastly more powerful
than EDTF or Notepad, but takes a lot of getting used to.
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