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How to scroll to top in ISPF?

Is there a command to scroll to the top of of the file in ISPF? Also, scroll to bottom?

Similar to lower case g in VI.

Also, is there anything like scroll to top of function or scroll to opening bracket?

Thanks

Solution

  • Type m on the command line and press PF8 to go to the bottom of the file and PF7 to go to the top of the file.

    While ISPF editor has its advantages, it does not have the features found in vi. If you are more familiar with vi, you can try using UNIX System Services where vi is available. There are also ports of vim that run in UNIX System Services.

    Once in UNIX System Services shell session, you can use cp command to copy a text file from a data set to a UNIX file, edit it and then use the cp command to copy it back to the data set.