RGEN X is great. Most of the examples are well thought out and work well.

On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 11:52 PM Don Leahy <don.le...@leacom.ca> wrote:

> I am a huge fan of RGEN.  It’s like a context aware version of the ISPF
> MODEL command.   That is some excellent work.  And so is the HELP facility
> in general.
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 18:29 Rob Scott <
> 00000618c90e6fdf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
> > For every z/OS release we also create a "What's new in SDSF" style
> > presentation that we give at Share and GSE and then upload to the IBM
> > Education GitHub. There is also an in-product help table of new functions
> > for the release.
> >
> > As for SDSF rexx examples, you can use the RGEN command that will
> generate
> > sample rexx statements to navigate to where you currently are in the
> > product OR use "RGEN X" to pick a sample from the supplied list of basic
> > scenarios.
> >
> > Rob Scott
> > Rocket Software.
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> > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2024 9:02:59 PM
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> > Subject: Re: As a long-time Rexx programmer (SDSF)
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> > Friday, a little bit off-topic, but still about mainframes and SDSF
> >
> > SDSF is great tool. I was enhanced significantly last years. I like it.
> > However I observe many users are simply *not aware* of many new features.
> > They obviously use panels, which are visible in main menu, but they miss
> > many other tools.
> > I believe everything is documented, but it is rather rare that someone
> > read whole documentation as a novel.
> >
> > Q: is there any presentation or whitepaper describing "new and shining"
> > things in SDSF?
> >
> > Regarding SDSF and REXX - I miss simple examples. It is not only
> > SDSF-related pain. I observe many z/OS users are looking for code
> > samples via Google search and we find some bad or very bad ones,
> > submitted on some forums.
> >
> > My €0.02
> >
> > Regards
> > --
> > Radoslaw Skorupka
> > Lodz, Poland
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > W dniu 14.06.2024 o 20:20, Rob Scott pisze:
> > > I must admit that I find nothing amiss with the quoted section.
> > >
> > > It describes the syntax requirements of the SDSF-specific ISFEXEC verb.
> > >
> > > It does not get into any generic REXX techniques to provide the
> > statement buffer to the verb as that is not required in this case.
> > >
> > > Contrast that with the documentation for ISFSLASH that does include
> > required REXX techniques as it supports alternate input using stem
> > variables.
> > >
> > > The product documentation is written by information development team
> > members, but based on input provided by the development team. In this
> case,
> > that developer (not me) has decades of asm, plx and rexx experience and
> is
> > fully aware of the nuances of the language.
> > >
> > > The documentation will always be updated when required for the current
> > (most recent) release.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rob Scott
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