*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

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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
<

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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=