The retrieve pop-up (RETP) command causes a pop-up panel to be displayed with the last 20 commands in the command retrieval stack listed. You can select the command you want to retrieve by number. The selected command is retrieved to the command line. When using the RETP command, these considerations apply:

1. If a command in the command retrieval stack is too long to fit in the retrieve pop-up, the last visible character of the command is changed to a > to show that some characters are not displayed. However, the entire command is retrieved to the command line when it is selected to be retrieved.
2. The default for the minimum number of characters is one, so any command entered is saved on the retrieval stack. The user has the option of setting the value from 1-99 for the minimum number of characters to save. Therefore, if you select three characters for the minimum number to be saved in the retrieval stack and a one- or two-character command is entered, it is not added to the retrieval stack. This prevents short commands that can be easily retyped from taking up space in the retrieval stack. Changing the minimum number of characters to save in the retrieval stack does not affect commands already in the retrieval stack. This setting is saved in the variable ZRETMINL, which is saved in the user's ISPF system profile table ISPSPROF and across ISPF invocations.
3. The default for the cursor position when a command is retrieved is at the end of the command. The cursor position setting is saved in the variable ZRETPOSC, which is saved in the user's ISPF system profile table ISPSPROF and across ISPF invocations.