z/OS V1R9.0 TSO/E Command Reference

DEFINEwidthcan be any number from 1 (or the number defined as the starting column)to the physical width of the display screen.MAXindicates that the width of the window should be determined by the numberof character positions available in the first line of the window (those notused by another window).WRAPindicates that the width of the window is to start from the column valuespecified with this command and continue to either the beginning of thenext window or to the last row and column of the screen. WRAP can onlybe used when lines is defined as 1.Note: The first character position in a window is used as a terminal attributebyte and is protected. Therefore, a window defined with a width of 1 isuseless.ALARM(YES | NO)specifies whether the terminal’s audible alarm is to sound when the SessionManager scrolls the window to display new information in the stream. If yourterminal does not have an audible alarm, the Session Manager still accepts thisoperand. It has no way of knowing whether your terminal has an alarm.HOLD(INPUT | seconds)specifies how long the window (when unlocked) is to be held in place before itis scrolled toward the bottom of the stream.INPUTspecifies that the window (when unlocked) be held in place until you supplyinput by pressing the Enter key or any program function (PF) key.secondsspecifies that the window (when unlocked) be held in place the specifiednumber of seconds before it is scrolled toward the bottom of the stream.seconds must be an integer from 0 to 999.During the time the window is held in place, the keyboard remains locked. Thekeyboard unlocks when the time expires or when the window displays thebottom of the stream.Note: The value specified on the CONTROL operand of theCHANGE.TERMINAL command overrides the value specified on thisoperand.OVERLAP(lines)specifies how many lines of the window’s old position are to be repeated whenthe window scrolls to the new position.lines must be an integer from 0 to 999. If you specify a value for lines that isgreater than or equal to the number of lines in the window, the SessionManager adjusts the value to be the number of lines in the window minus one.Thus, at least the bottom line of the window’s old position always appears atthe top of the window’s new position.PROTECT(YES | NO)specifies whether you can enter data in the window. You can enter data in anunprotected window only. If you try to enter data in a protected window, thekeyboard locks.Chapter 2. Session Manager commands 387