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In comp.lang.asm370 you write:

>I am looking for an easier way to interact with a TSO user from a
>program than using the PUTLINE, GETLINE, PUTGET, TPUT, TGET, or TPG
>MACROs which IBM supplies.  My requirement is to be able to issue a
>prompt on a line and have the user enter the response on the same
>line.  Does the C environment support the Unix semantics, such that I
>could have code like:

>        printf("...");  /* No \n at the end of the string */
>        gets(...);

>to do what I want?  Note that the program is fundamentally
>interactive, and there's no way for me to have a CLIST run "before"
>the program to get the information.  The program must be able to
>interact directly with the user.  Thanks in advance.$$

I believe that PL/I and COBOL do support direct interaction with
terminals...  although I'm not sure about the same line (maybe you
have to use a "break" or some sort of command to force the whole line
out)... I'm not sure about C... but it would be _much_ easier to use
ISPF/PDF if that is available in your environment...  that would do
most of the work and ISPF and ISPF/PDF V3 definitely have C support
(not sure about earlier levels).

Hope this helps,

John R. Grout			| INTERNET: j-grout@uiuc.edu