On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:17 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do find it awkward. But you were speaking from that frame of mind "I
think it comes from my DOS and Unix background."
My "DOS and Unix background" is not about using the command line
whenever possible. I'm perfectly fine with issuing STRPDM and choosing
an option. It's not like DOS and Unix users are averse to menus.
What we're averse to is excessive and unnecessary keystrokes. We're
also fairly averse to excessive mental load, but we usually put up
with some mental load if it will save us enough keystrokes.
If PDM is available (and I hear what you're saying about it not always
being available), then
WRKLNK '/QSYS.LIB/MYSCHEMA.LIB/MYTABLE.FILE/*'
is both a lot more keystrokes *and* more mentally difficult than
launching PDM. It's really no contest. And that's irrespective of
whether you have any DOS or Unix background at all.
I brought up the DOS and Unix background to highlight why I don't use
PDM for things *other* than members. Libraries, files, executable
programs, and so forth, are *first-class objects*. I was able to
roughly map them in my mind to Unixish concepts. I was able to work
with them using CL commands in a roughly Unixish way. But members were
a different animal. They are not first-class objects. Accessing them
without PDM is weird, and much more awkward than accessing first-class
objects without PDM.
John Y.
midrange.com
