Re: A step backward in time with EDTF

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott, I believe that he did say he was using the HMC's 5250 terminal 
interface.
Since the HMC is a LINUX appliance, that would give him access to a 
terminal window that he could SSH to the 400.

Bryan



Scott Klement said the following on 8/30/2007 1:09 PM:
> Hello,
>
> > I've had a number of interesting responses in this thread, some of
> > which may prove useful in other contexts. But nothing so far that
> > beats the tool I've already found, as basic as it is.
>
> Well, you gave some very sharp limitations...  it has to be free.  It 
> has to work on a 5250 interface.  That pretty much narrows it down to 
> either EDTF or something like WRKDBF, but EDTF is certainly the better 
> tool for source code!
>
> You could potentially use something like vi running under PASE, but it'd 
> be horrible in a 5250 interface.  (If you could get a normal telnet 
> session instead of a 5250 one, however, it'd be a vast improvement IMHO, 
> though many would disagree with me.)
>
> I run vi on my System i.  It runs in PASE, and I access it via the SSH 
> server (part of 5733-SC1, option 1).  It's free.  It's plain-text, 
> doesn't require any GUI.  But doesn't really work in the 5250 interface. 
> Plus, vi is something of an acquired taste...  It's vastly more powerful 
> than EDTF or Notepad, but takes a lot of getting used to.