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+*os_390.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2019 Dec 07
+
+
+ VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Ralf Schandl
+
+ *zOS* *z/OS* *OS390* *os390* *MVS*
+This file contains the particulars for the z/OS UNIX version of Vim.
+
+1. ASCII/EBCDIC dependent scripts |zOS-has-ebcdic|
+2. Putty and Colors |zOS-PuTTY|
+3. Motif Problems |zOS-Motif|
+4. Bugs |zOS-Bugs|
+5. Limitations |zOS-limitations|
+6. Open source on z/OS UNIX |zOS-open-source|
+
+Contributors: ~
+The port to z/OS UNIX was done by Ralf Schandl for the Redbook mentioned
+below.
+
+Changes, bug-reports, or both by:
+
+ David Moore
+ Anthony Giorgio
+ and others
+
+==============================================================================
+1. ASCII/EBCDIC dependent scripts *OS390-has-ebcdic* *zOS-has-ebcdic*
+
+For the internal script language the feature "ebcdic" was added. With this
+you can fix ASCII dependent scripts like this:
+>
+ if has("ebcdic")
+ let space = 64
+ else
+ let space = 32
+ endif
+<
+
+==============================================================================
+2. PuTTY and Colors *OS390-PuTTY* *zOS-PuTTY*
+
+If you see problems with syntax highlighting or screen corruptions when you
+connect to z/OS using Putty, try the following:
+
+- Configure Putty as "vt220" terminal (Connection->Data)
+- Add the following 3 lines to your vimrc:
+
+>
+ set t_AB=[4%p1%dm
+ set t_AF=[3%p1%dm
+ set t_CO=8
+<
+
+Note:  is one character use <C-V><Esc> to enter it.
+
+==============================================================================
+3. Motif Problems *OS390-Motif* *zOS-Motif*
+
+Note: Seen with Vim 6.*, never tested since.
+
+It seems that in porting the Motif library to z/OS, a translation from EBCDIC
+to ASCII for the accelerator characters of the pull-down menus was forgotten.
+Even after I tried to hand convert the menus, the accelerator keys continued
+to only work for the opening of menus (like <Alt-F> to open the file menu).
+They still do not work for the menu items themselves (like <Alt-F>O to open
+the file browser).
+
+There is no solution for this yet.
+
+==============================================================================
+4. Bugs *OS390-bugs* *zOS-Bugs*
+
+- Vim will consistently hang when a large amount of text is selected in
+ visual block mode. This may be due to a memory corruption issue. Note that
+ this occurs in both the terminal and gui versions.
+
+==============================================================================
+5. Limitations *OS390-limitations* *zOS-limitations*
+
+- No binary search in tag files.
+ The program /bin/sort sorts by ASCII value by default. This program is
+ normally used by ctags to sort the tags. There might be a version of
+ ctags out there, that does it right, but we can't be sure. So this seems to
+ be a permanent restriction.
+
+- The cscope interface (|cscope|) doesn't work for the version of cscope that
+ we use on our mainframe. We have a copy of version 15.0b12, and it causes
+ Vim to hang when using the "cscope add" command. I'm guessing that the
+ binary format of the cscope database isn't quite what Vim is expecting.
+ I've tried to port the current version of cscope (15.3) to z/OS, without
+ much success. If anyone is interested in trying, drop me a line if you
+ make any progress.
+
+- No glib/gtk support. I have not been able to successfully compile glib on
+ z/OS UNIX. This means you'll have to live without the pretty gtk toolbar.
+
+Disabled at compile time:
+ - Multibyte support (|multibyte|)
+ - Right-to-left mode (|rileft|)
+ - Farsi key map (|Farsi|)
+ - Arabic language support (|Arabic|)
+ - Spell checking (|spell|)
+
+Never tested:
+ - Perl interface (|perl|)
+ - Hangul input (|hangul|)
+ - Encryption support (|encryption|)
+ - Langmap (|'langmap'|)
+ - Python support (|Python|)
+ - Right-to-left mode (|'rightleft'|)
+ - TCL interface (|tcl|)
+ ...
+
+==============================================================================
+6. Open source on z/OS UNIX *OS390-open-source* *zOS-open-source*
+
+If you are interested in other Open Source Software on z/OS UNIX, have a
+look at the following Redbook:
+
+ Mike MacIsaac et al
+ "Open Source Software for z/OS and OS/390 UNIX"
+ IBM Form Number: SG24-5944-01
+ ISBN: 0738424633
+ http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/servers_eserver_zseries_zos_unix_redbook_sg245944.pdf
+
+Also look at:
+ http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
+ http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/
+ http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/library/IBM+Redbooks/index.html
+
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: