Edit-related settings

MAXIMUM_EDIT_PROFILES

The maximum number of ISPF Edit profiles. If the number of profiles exceeds this number the least recently used unlocked profile is deleted from the profile table. The value must be between 1 and 255.

The default is 25.

SCLM_WARNING_LEVEL

Indicates the level of SCLM checking that should be done when SCLM-controlled members are processed outside SCLM. Valid values are:

NONE: No checking is done. SCLM-controlled members may be edited and processed outside SCLM.
WARN: If an SCLM-controlled member is processed by Edit or Reset Statistics, a message is displayed to warn the user that the SCLM accounting data will be invalidated by the pending request.
ERROR: When Edit of an SCLM member is attempted, an error message is displayed and the edit is denied.

The default is WARN.

UNDO_STORAGE_SIZE

The maximum amount of kilobytes of storage available to the edit UNDO command to be used for keeping a history of edit changes. A minimum value of 1024 (1024 KB) is recommended. If this value is 0 then UNDO will be available from the edit recovery data set only. If the field is not 0 but is less that 128, a value of 128 will be used. This value will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 64 (64 KB).

The default is 0.

Note: Use of storage for saving the record of changes provides better response time for individual users, but may have a slight detrimental effect on overall system performance.

ALLOW_EDIT_HIGHLIGHTING

Should ISPF Edit highlighting be available to all users and applications. Valid values are YES or NO. A value of NO disables Edit highlighting for all applications, a value of YES enables Edit highlighting for any dialog that uses a panel enabled for highlighting.

The default is YES.

DEFAULT_EDIT_DISPLAY

This field determines how the editor appears when it is invoked via ISPF either interactively, or via an Edit service call that does not specify a user edit panel. It controls the availability of action bars and edit highlighting. Valid values are:

0: No actions bars should be displayed, and Edit highlighting should not be available.
1: Actions bars should be displayed, but Edit highlighting should not be available.
2: No actions bars should be displayed, but Edit highlighting should be available.
3: Actions bars should be displayed, and Edit highlighting should be available.

The default is 3.

MAXIMUM_STORAGE_ALLOWED_FOR_EDIT

The maximum number of kilobytes of storage that the editor can use when initially reading in data. If the initial read of the data requires more storage than this value, browse will be substituted instead. To allow edit to use as much storage as is available, set the value to 0.

The default is 0.

ENABLE_ASSEMBLER_CONTINUATION_ERRORS

Enable the use of reverse video pink to highlight Assembler continuations which start before column 16. Set this value to NO if your site uses a different start column for Assembler continuation (via the ICTL Assembler instruction) or if assembler highlighting is used for data other than Assembler programs (such as SCLM architecture definitions).

The default is YES.

WARN_ON_TRUNCATION_OF_TRAILING_BLANKS

Should a warning message be displayed if a user edits variable data (record format = V) with one or more records that ends in a blank. The editor will truncate these blanks when the edit data is saved unless the editor is told to preserve the blanks.

Blanks will be preserved if:

The "Preserve VB record length" field on the Edit Entry panel is selected.
The PRESERVE keyword is specified on the EDIT service invocation.
The PRESERVE ON Edit command is entered.

The default is YES.

SITE_WIDE_INITIAL_MACRO

Site-wide Edit initial macro. The macro specified here will be run before any user-specified macros. This can allow you to alter or disallow edit sessions. You may want to use a macro that does a PROFILE RESET to force all new profiles to use the settings in this configuration table.

The default is NONE (no macro).

TEXT_FLOW_TERMINATORS

What characters should cause the edit text flow function (line command TF, edit macro command TFLOW) to stop processing. These characters generally indicate a new paragraph or section of a document.

The default characters are:

.:&<

EDIT_CUT_DEFAULT

Valid values are REPLACE and APPEND. Selecting REPLACE means that the cut information replaces whatever information is already in the clipboard. Selecting APPEND means that cut information is added at the end of existing information in the clipboard.

The default is REPLACE.

EDIT_PASTE_DEFAULT

Valid values are KEEP and DELETE. Selecting KEEP means that the information remains in the clipboard even after pasting it into a separate file. Selecting DELETE means that the information is deleted from the clipboard after it has been pasted into a separate file.

The default is KEEP.

ALLOW_DATA_SET_CREATION_FOR_CREATE_REPLACE

If the target data set for the Edit CREATE or REPLACE command does not exist, should the data set be created for the user. The user can specify either that the data set be created with the same characteristics as the original, or can specify the characteristics for the new data set. Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is YES.

FORCE_ISRE776_FOR_RCHANGE

Ensures that when RCHANGE is issued from a PF key, it does not try to process input from the command line. In this case RCHANGE will treat anything that you type on the command line as an invalid parameter and will return an error message ISRE776.

This keyword sets a site default for the EDITSET option "Force ISRE776 if RCHANGE passed arguments". Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

FORCE_PRESERVE_VB_RECORD_LENGTH

Forces the users' Preserve VB Record Length setting in Edit to be the value selected in the PRESERVE_VB_RECORD_LENGTH field. Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

PRESERVE_VB_RECORD_LENGTH

The Preserve VB Record Length option in Edit will be selected. This option will cause the editor to save trailing blanks for variable-length files. Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_EDIT_CLIPBOARDS

The maximum number of Edit clipboards allowed. Edit clipboards are used by the Edit CUT and PASTE commands and are kept in data spaces that last the life of the TSO session. Data spaces are allocated by the CUT command and released by the PASTE command, and are paged out when not in use. This can be a number between 1 and 11.

The default is 11.

MAXIMUM_EDIT_CLIPBOARD_SIZE

The maximum size for the Edit clipboards, in 4K increments. A value of 1 would mean 4 kilobytes. A value of 0 indicates that the IBM® default data space size (239 4K blocks) of the value set through IEFUSI should be used.

The default is 0.

VSAM_EDIT_ENABLED

Is editing of VSAM data set enabled on the system. ISPF Edit will invoke the command in the VSAM_EDIT_COMMAND field for any VSAM data sets specified unless restricted (see VSAM_RESTRICTED_EDIT_DATASET). Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

VSAM_EDIT_COMMAND

The command to be invoked when a VSAM data set is specified to ISPF Edit. A slash (/) may be used to specify the data set name specified. The maximum length is 50 characters.

The default is FMNMAIN DSE /

VSAM_EDIT_LIMITED.

Should users be restricted from editing certain VSAM data sets? If this field is set to YES, the VSAM_RESTRICTED_EDIT_DATASET field must be used to specify the restricted data sets. Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

VSAM_BROWSE_ENABLED

Is browsing of VSAM data set enabled on the system. ISPF Browse will invoke the command in the VSAM_BROWSE_COMMAND field for any VSAM data sets specified unless restricted (see VSAM_RESTRICTED_BROWSE_DATASET). Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

VSAM_BROWSE_COMMAND

The command to be invoked when a VSAM data set is specified to ISPF Browse. A slash (/) may be used to specify the data set name specified. The maximum length is 50 characters.

The default is FMNMAIN DSB /

VSAM_VIEW_ENABLED

Is viewing of VSAM data set enabled on the system. ISPF View will invoke the command in the VSAM_VIEW_COMMAND field for any VSAM data sets specified unless restricted (see VSAM_RESTRICTED_VIEW_DATASET). Valid values are YES and NO.

The default is NO.

VSAM_VIEW_COMMAND

The command to be invoked when a VSAM data set is specified to ISPF View. A slash (/) may be used to specify the data set name specified. The maximum length is 50 characters.

The default is FMNMAIN DSB /