Description: The ISPF PDF component contains the following
new functions and enhancements:
- The ISPF editor FIND and CHANGE commands have been enhanced to
support regular expressions.
- The ISPF editor CREATE, REPLACE, COPY, MOVE, and CUT commands
have been enhanced to support data conversion to/from EBCDIC, ASCII,
and UTF-8.
- The ISPF editor HILITE command has been enhanced to show invalid
use of lower-case characters in JCL.
- The member count field on member list panels is expanded to support
values up to 9,999,999.
- The following enhancements have been made to the z/OS® UNIX Directory
List Utility:
- Pattern matching characters can now be used to specify a path
name filter for a z/OS UNIX directory list display.
- A SRCHFOR command is provided to search for strings in regular
files in the directory.
- Directory list line commands can now be entered in blocks.
- The file name column in the directory list can now have a display
width of up to 110 characters.
- A command shell is now provided allowing users to save and retrieve z/OS UNIX commands.
- The Data Set List Utility is changed to allow a path name to be
entered in the Dsname Level field in order to have a z/OS UNIX Directory
List displayed.
- The F (free) line command of the Data Set List Utility can now
be used against a multi-volume data set to free unused space.
- The MEMLIST service supports the new DEFAULT keyword which allows
the the caller to specify a line command that is used to replace an "S" line
command entered on the member list display.
- The ISPF editor provides support to view and edit Unicode data
in data sets and z/OS UNIX files.
- The following enhancements have been made to the ISPF editor COMPARE
command:
- The VOL parameter is provided to support comparing against an
uncataloged data set.
- The target data set or path name can now be entered on the options
panel displayed when the COMPARE command is entered without any parameters.
- To support the input of long editor commands, the editor command
field can be expanded to a length of 255 characters using the ZEXPAND
command.
- The UDLIST command is enhanced to convert the specified pathname
to lowercase and re-issue the directory find if the directory for
the pathname initially specified with the UDLIST command is not found.
- Data in the PROMPT column of the enhanced member list is now passed
as an argument to a command entered against a member.
When change was introduced: z/OS V2R1