Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: >I found a solution. There is an optional FMID you can download >and install called JIF7R16 that adds libraries with upper case >only versions of the panels, messages and some other libraries.
This FMID is intended to address the needs and/or preferences of some z/OS customers in Japan. As far as I know you can use it elsewhere if you're a licensed z/OS customer, and it is IBM supported. However, please bear in mind the target audience and test thoroughly if you're not processing primarily Japanese language data, and also be at least a little patient with your IBM Support person (outside Japan) if/as needed. Tom Brennan wrote: >Just wondering... Is the reason for this because upper case may be >easier to read for folks who's first language is something other than >English? Yes, that's the general idea, although needs and preferences vary in Japan, as everywhere. My guess is that it's more related to early terminal and computing history, to preserving classic terminal display behavior for those who wish that bit of history preserved and in a particular national context, sometimes perhaps for automation-related reasons. And/or imagine that you've got 4,432 pages of operator instructions in uppercase. :-) If you want to dig into this a bit, Wikipedia has some information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese See the photo of the older railway sign? All the romaji-cized place names are in uppercase. There's certainly a lot of lowercase romaji in Japan now (and for many years), but it wasn't always the case. (Pun intended.) It's great this ISPF choice is available for those who want it, but let's hope that nobody ever says, "What a terrible computer! It can only display uppercase! Let's get rid of it." (Truth: You can have any user interface you want to z/OS-hosted applications, databases, and other services.) In other words, careful, Gadi! It'd be best if you offer this ISPF FMID and its operation, if you do, as a non-default option. Mike Wawiorko wrote: >Upper case may be fine - until anyone needs to work with USS >directories or files through ISPF 3.17 or similar. That shouldn't be a problem, but try it (of course). This FMID relates to the text that ISPF itself displays. For example, instead of: 0 Settings 1 View 2 Edit etc., you would see: 0 SETTINGS 1 VIEW 2 EDIT and so forth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
