Re: Insert mode in x3270

"Joe Monk [email protected] [H390-MVS]" <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Nov 2019 12:04:01 -0400
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"This can easily be done using the "clear-until-end" key
(don't recall the original name of the key on the original 3270 keyboard; "

Erase EOF.

Joe

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 11:02 AM Bernd Oppolzer berndoppolzer-/[email protected]
[H390-MVS] <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
> the blocking of input into a field, when in insert mode,
> occurs, when the field is already full of characters. The characters,
> which prevent the inserting, may be blanks (trailing blanks on the
> right).??
>
> In this case, I delete some of the blanks at the right end of the field.
> This can easily be done using the "clear-until-end" key
> (don't recall the original name of the key on the original 3270 keyboard;
> on the PC keyboard, it is often mapped to CTRL-END) or by issuing
> single deletes (DEL).
>
> If you clear some blanks at the right end, you have enough space to
> insert characters at any place at the left.
>
> HTH,
> kind regards
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
> Am 07.11.2019 um 15:14 schrieb [email protected] [H390-MVS]:
>
> ??
>
> Hello, and apologies for asking the most newbie of questions, but I am a
> beginner at MVS.
>
>
> My question is how I can insert text in a field. By default, all typing i=
s
> in "overwrite" mode, and I have on som every rare occasions been able to
> switch to "insert" mode by pressing, well, the INSERT key.
>
>
> However, in almost all cases, when I press the insert key, I get an "X" a=
t
> the bottom of the x3270 terminal, and no keyboard input will work until I
> press "reset".
>
>
> What is going wrong here, and is there a way to fix it? Having to re-type
> an entire line of code just because I want to insert a character in the
> beginning of the line is a bit annoying.
>
>
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    </p><p>Hello, <br>
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    <p>the blocking of input into a field, when in insert mode, <br>
      occurs, when the field is already full of characters. The
      characters, <br>
      which prevent the inserting, may be blanks (trailing blanks on the
      right).?? <br>
    </p>
    <p>In this case, I delete some of the blanks at the right end of the
      field. <br>
      This can easily be done using the &quot;clear-until-end&quot; key <br=
>
      (don&#39;t recall the original name of the key on the original 3270
      keyboard; <br>
      on the PC keyboard, it is often mapped to CTRL-END) or by issuing
      <br>
      single deletes (DEL). <br>
    </p>
    <p>If you clear some blanks at the right end, you have enough space
      to <br>
      insert characters at any place at the left. <br>
    </p>
    <p>HTH, <br>
      kind regards</p>
    <p>Bernd <br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div>Am 07.11.2019 um 15:14 schrieb
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            <p><span>Hello, and apologies for asking the most newbie of
                questions, but I am a beginner at MVS.</span></p>
            <p><span><br>
              </span></p>
            <p><span>My question is how I can insert text in a field. By
                default, all typing is in &quot;overwrite&quot; mode, and I=
 have
                on som every rare occasions been able to switch to
                &quot;insert&quot; mode by pressing, well, the INSERT key.<=
/span></p>
            <p><span><br>
              </span></p>
            <p><span>However, in almost all cases, when I press the
                insert key, I get an &quot;X&quot; at the bottom of the x32=
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                terminal, and no keyboard input will work until I press
                &quot;reset&quot;.</span></p>
            <p><span><br>
              </span></p>
            <p><span>What is going wrong here, and is there a way to fix
                it? Having to re-type an entire line of code just
                because I want to insert a character in the beginning of
                the line is a bit annoying.</span></p>
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