The HILITE JCL edit command does a good job of pointing out lowercase characters in JCL. Yeah, you still have to fix your errors manually though.
On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 08:49 Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > No, the ideal JCL editor would uppercase only whas needs to be uppercase, > and would include facilities for controlling the case of quoted text in, > e.g., PARM, PATH. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Mike Schwab <000005962a42dc49-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2024 8:24 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: ISPF Edit - how to switch off CAPS ON > > External Message: Use Caution > > > So, an ideal JCL editor would uppercase lines that start with // (but > not //*) through the third set of blanks and not enclosed in quotes. > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 6:46 AM Radoslaw Skorupka > <00000471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > W dniu 07.12.2024 o 17:20, billogden pisze: > > [...] > > > Should JCL accept lower case? IMHO, that is a more complex issue than > one > > > might first expect -- especially in "production" situations. > > > > This is another topic. > > I don't expect JCL to accept lower or mixed case. I use uppercase in JCL > > with no pain. > > However JCL keyword values (PATHNAME) are definitely case sensitive. The > > same may apply o DD * content. > > Unfortunately when you take some job as a template you may get CAPS ON > > just because the template does not contain any lowercase. However when > > you want to type only uppercase code (ie. JCL) then any lowercase in a > > comment may switch off the CAPS ON and this "feature" won't help you. > > Monte Carlo. > > > > -- > > Radoslaw Skorupka > > Lodz, Poland > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
