Can you do a CL64'initial text' for the definition and have the execute definition overlay the initial text as needed?
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/22/2010 9:58 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> >> No, no, no! I was referring not to the syntax of the macro instruction, >> but to the generated argument list to the SVC, which places options after >> the variable-length text string, requiring convolutions to supply a >> text string of unpredictable length in the MF=E form. > > An ugly design for sure. Those options were clearly an add-on to the > original design. I know that WTO can be a frustrating interface. The doc > can't possibly describe all of the nuances. Often, you have to experiment > with numerous compiles (and MNOTEs or assembly errors) until you finally get > what you want. > > Have you tried using the TEXT= keyword? > > -- > Edward E Jaffe > Phoenix Software International, Inc > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > 310-338-0400 x318 > [email protected] > http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
