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This page contains an alphabetical list of all of the macros in The REXX Macros Toolbox listed with brief descriptions with links to detailed descriptions and lthe macros themselves(coding). |
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Description: REXX macros for the programmer who is already using or is familiar with any of the following: REXX, MVS, SPF, ISPF, PDF, PDS file, OS/2, or SPF/PC on mainframe or PC's. Macros at this site were written in REXX by David McRitchie to provide functions such as reformatting text; simple syntax checks for PLI, DCF, GML, HTML, SCRIPT/VS; interface to spell check, SuperC comparison, file directory list; customized search/change an interface to DCF, and SuperC from a member in edit, and of a group of files or members.
Keywords: REXX, macros, toolbox, MVS, SPF/PC, ISPF, TSO, mainframe, OS/2
As an applications programmer and as a systems programmer my main language for writing programs was PLI. I also did a lot of work in DCF (SCRIPT/VS, GML), and REXX. You will not find any PLI or DCF at this site, but you will find macros to help you with these
What you will find is a lot of REXX macros and executes that I wrote and used to help me write my programs, check the syntax in coding, and work with partitioned datasets. There are also a few clists that I never got around to converting, the most notable of which is @DIR and is one of the most important ones.
You will find macros to check paired relationships including use of quotes in checking syntax in PLI, DCF, GML, SCRIPT/VS, HTML, or anything else for which you can define paired relationships. Macros that check syntax include editchek, editol, HTMLOL, HTMLSYN, period, plichk. Macros that point out possible errors but expect you to interact include period, fixpi, and fixquote.
The material at this site is being made universally available with the stipulation that that the original author remains credited and that no charge or licensing fee accrues to any party. David McRitchie and the "The REXX Macros Toolbox" do not give up any copyright protection of my code, documentation, or other material at this site.
Material provided at The REXX Macros Toolbox is provided for your use distributed directly from this site. Redistribution of source, coding and documentation by any other means is prohibited.
F. David McRitchie and The REXX Macros Toolbox disclaim all warranties of software, or advice, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, functionality, data integrity or protection.
The following table attempts to categorize macros that can be seen in greater detail at macros and executes on the fourth stop (main stop) on the tour. The hypertext there is set up for viewing of the documentation, and TSO and PC versions of the macros. All of the macros are listed there in alphabetical order. The documentation and macro source hyperlinks can be found in the nclist.htm of The REXX Macros Toolbox
| MVS - TSO, partitioned datasets, ISPF/PDF | |||
| LANGUAGE or system macro is useful in | Browse or information | Manipulate / Reformat | Check Syntax / Check Spelling |
| MVS (TSO) @DIR is only available on the mainframe |
@COMPARE (invokes SUPERC), @DIR (list members in current directory or any other directory), @DIRSTAT |
@DIR with LISTMEM or other options. |
@DIR can invoke any macro for file members. |
| MVS (systems programming) | »CPUID (Tso Times) LOADMOD (find and browse member if in LNKLST, see PROC documentation) »MURPHY's Laws GETTRID (terminal id CBT 078) | @AMSRCAT, GDGNEW, »TSOOS2 | CHECKSUM for checking ISPZAP decks and to verify IDRDATA cards, @COMPUTE @listrp, »TOD», REALLOC »$FREE |
| MVS (applications) | SYSDSN (check if dataset exists) @DSN (whogot), »GOTDSN see if user is already allocated to dsn, |
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| TSO Browse EDIT | @TSO, @TSOX, @TSOXD, $B, $BROWSE, $EDIT, | ||
| MVS partitioned data sets (PDS) (executes not macros) |
PDSDD (search libraries in logon dd
concatenation and browse members) LISTDD (list datasets allocated to ddname), Also see PROC for (AFP, CLIST, DSMPROF4, LOADMOD, PANELS, »selpanel, PDSDD, PROC, SOP) |
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| MVS partitioned data sets (PDS) (macros) |
@DSNQ (compress) @RENAME KILL, | ||
| MVS partitioned data sets (PDS) | @EDIT for PC, EDITMEM for TSO to edit member or file at cursor. | REFORMAT, cut & paste, REMDUPS, | |
| Edit member named at cursor position | EDITMEM for TSO, @EDIT for PC | ||
| ISPF, PDF, SPF/PC | @SAVE LABNX, NXNX, @MSG, @NOTE, @NOTEB, | ||
| LANGUAGE or system macro is useful in | Browse or information | Manipulate / Reformat | Check Syntax / Check Spelling |
Some Macros in italics are pointing to actual code for documentation.
» Some Rexx Executes, and Clist Procedures have also been included.
| TSO ISPF/PDF, or DOS or Windows with SPF/PC, or OS/2 with ISPF | |||
| LANGUAGE or system macro is useful in | Browse or information | Manipulate / Reformat | Check Syntax / Check Spelling |
| CLISTS (mainframe) | CLISTBOX, FIXJCL, JOBCARD, SCLIST72 | NESTCHK, PLICHK | |
| DCF / GML tag language |
@SCRIPT, SCRIPTPS, | FIXLI, FIXP, @EDITMSK show data in Edit Pane @STRAPD, @STRAPE, @TPP, ALIGNTAB, DCFBOX, DUADD, DV2MM EDITPS, FIXPI, FIXQUOTE, GML, GMLTP, INSERT, PINX, PINXDOIT, PIR, PROPER (proper names). TAGX, UNGML, | DCFMSGS, EDITCHEK, EDITOL, EDITPAGE, EDITPR, PERIOD, SPELL |
| HTML | CHKMISS, | HTMLDOC, HTMLHYP, HTMLXX02, HTMLXX03, TXT2HTML, | HTMLOL, HTMLSYN REMOVAL, SECSINCE, TAG |
| LANGUAGE or system macro is useful in | Browse or information | Manipulate / Reformat | Check Syntax / Check Spelling |
| JCL (mainframe) | SUBMITIT, | FIXJCL, JCLBOX | !EDCHEK (vendor software for mainframe ) |
| PLI | PLIDCLS, | QCHK, REXXBOX | PLICHK |
| RACF | @listrp | ||
| REXX | FIXREXX, | FIXREXX, REXXBOX, | PLICHK, QCHK, CSIGNAL (error #16) |
| SAS | NESTCHK, PLICHK | ||
| SuperC: Compare, Search | @COMPARE, @SEARCH4, SUPERC, | NESTCHK, PLICHK | |
| TEXT and general use | @cols, @DATE,
@lab, labnx, @MACRO @MSG,
@NOTE, @NOTEB,
@PRINT, @PRINTNX,
@TIME @vp,
@xmit, EOL, FLIP, HEXES, HEXSHOW, HEXUS,
INSERT, NOTENX,
»SHOWDATE XEVERY, |
REFORMAT, cut & paste, @C, CAPS, @ICOPY (interleaved copy), @SEQ, @SMALLS, @STRAP, @STRAPD, @STRAPE, BIGS, BLOCK5, COLSUM, CSON DATE2000 FLOC, FLOW, INVERT, LCFIX, LEFT@, PROPER, REMBLANK (remove blank columns), REMDUPS (remove duplicate lines), REPEATNX, SHIFT, SHIFTNX, SORTCR (cols), SORTEM (words), SORTG (groups), »TSOTRAP | @SPELLS, CHECKDUP, PERIOD, REMDUPS, SPELL |
| LANGUAGE or system macro is useful in | Browse or information | Manipulate / Reformat | Check Syntax / Check Spelling |
| More macros in alphabetical order and hypertext links to coding can be found in The REXX Macros Toolbox which is the fourth stop it you proceed along the tour. In other words the documentation and macro source hyperlinks can be found in the nclist.htm of The REXX Macros Toolbox | |||
Using a syntax checker that is real stupid works very well for finding stupid errors. Compilers frequently note an error as being incorrect but frequently provide little information as to where the error originated. This is especially true when a token should be paired up with a starting or closure token. (Do ... End;, <h2> ... </h2>). Losing track of where the error actually is can be especially frustrating in GML or HTML. You can check out your HTML coding at various places on the internet. You can probably still use a dumb syntax checker to find the most obvious errors quickly. Try debugging Lists in GML (:ul., :sl., :ol., :eol., :esl., :eul.). In HTML you have the same trouble debugging lists (<ul>, <ol>, </ol>, </ul>). Mess up on the pairings and you have major problems. In PLI some pairs would be BEGIN, END;, DO, END;.
Spell checking on a mainframe is not as simple as using a word processing program on a PC. There are some programs that you may already have on the mainframe that do check spelling. SAS and DCF (GML, SCRIPT/VS). Through the use of macros they can be used to check spelling in any DCF or text document.
Refer to SPELL utilizing DCF, and @SPELLS utilizing SAS.
For updating your DCF coding with .du add and .du del cards and to update both DCF and SAS dictionaries refer to documentation for @SCRPTDU.
Spelling errors and DCF (GML) errors are merged back into the text as NOTELINES below the misspelling or word to be checked. The @SCRIPT macro along with @SCRPTDU, SPELL (uses DCF), or @SPELLS (uses SAS), allow one to invoke DCF (SCRIPT/VS) from a member currently being edit, to print to any printer, to check spelling, and to add words to the dictionaries (DCF and SAS). @SCRPTDU allows you to check also creates .du add, and .du del cards for you to check over. So that you don't need to words to the dictionary that are only used in one document.
On of the most useful macros is @SCRIPT used to invoke SCRIPT/VS (or SCRIPTPS, for PostScript usage) from within EDIT. With it you can view results as a 1403 printer, or can print to any printer including PostScript. PINX, PIR, and PINXDOIT to help create index entries.
Documentation was created using DCF (SCRIPT/VS); however, I had nothing to convert the documentation directly into HTML because it was quite involved. You will find text (.txt) files that were created from the DCF (SCRIPT/VS) codings. The .txt files are pretty much the same as the files used online on the mainframe as online HELP text.
Each document has a standardized format that allows you to quickly find what you want.
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