Re: RPG suggestion

[Andreas Kollwitz <andreas.kollwitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I would love to
> see indicators for DSPFs and PRTFs go away. It would be nice to use
> BIFs to control display attributes like underline, blink, reverse image,

That would require a totally object orientated re-design. W/o being able to
use -for instance- DPSF fields a value for a variable, it wont work.

> I know that 5250 is not likely to change, but could there be
> a new standard that behaved more like GUI?

Anything may be interesting... but *why*?A good screen image is simple,
obvious has non-prop font and no need of  a mouse...

> p.s. I really like the new BIFs for file IO, etc.

Better to have them than not to have them, otherwise still a good chance to
create a "chaos code"  ;-)



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