Re: Weird stuff on command definition.

[CRPence <crp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  I figured you would be one to answer that inquiry Simon :-)

  I had a miserable time finding the doc to describe _why_ that was the 
result.  Although it was easy for me to see _what_ the code was doing, I 
just could not find the docs to describe _why_ it works that way.  I 
searched InfoCenter for nested lists, element and offset, and other 
stuff.  Nothing I found described the scenario.  Lots of other stuff 
that did not describe the result; doc about simple lists and mixed lists:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rbam6/rbam6vallsts.htm
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/cl/elem.htm

  So given your response, today I searched on the three tokens "complex 
list command", by typing those in the Search bar at the InfoCenter, and 
there it was.  Finally!  The link:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rbam6/defdlclhll.htm

  Not only did they use the word displacement instead of offset, it was 
possibly even moot to search that, because it was an /image/ instead of 
text.  I hate that!  Someone told me I should drill into the programming 
manuals when I know the language and the task... That sure would have 
been the way to look this time, since the above link is under 
sub-heading "Defining lists within lists".

Regards, Chuck