z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

SET PFnn
Usage Notes
Messages
1. If your keyboard has 24 PF keys, specify the PF key number, nn, as a value
from 1 (or 01) to 24. If your keyboard has only 12 PF keys, specify nn as a
value from 1 (or 01) to 12.
2. For DELAYED, if the length of the saved data is longer than the input area, it is
truncated to the input area length. The input area length is twice the terminal
line size minus 21. The QUERY TERMINAL command returns the LINESIZE
field used in this calculation.
For IMMED and NODISP, the length of the data is limited to the greater of either
the input area length or 240.
Note: Remember that this applies to the terminal where you will be pressing
the PF key.
3. You can use the line end symbol to separate commands that you want to run
with the designated program function key.
For example, suppose your virtual machine has the line editing function set ON,
and is using the pound sign (#) as the logical line end symbol.
While in CMS mode, enter set linedit off. Then enter set pf02 immed q
rdr#q pun or cp set pf02 immed q rdr#q pun. (CP assigns the two QUERY
commands as functions of the PF02 key.) Then enter set linedit on. (Pressing
the PF02 key runs the two QUERY commands.)
Since the entire input line is accepted as valid program function data, do not
specify further SET command functions on the SET PFnn command line.
4. On a DELAY PF key, if SUBSTITU is not specified, the cursor is positioned at
the end of the data. If SUBSTITU is specified and all of the &ns are substituted
with tokens, the cursor is also positioned at the end. If some &ns are not
substituted, the cursor is positioned over the first &n that is not substituted.
5. If you press a PF key that has not been set, the following message is displayed:
PFnn UNDEFINED
HCP026E Operand missing or invalid
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6. To use the DELAY function on a 3101, you must be in block mode.
7. On a 3101 device, if you press a PF key that has been defined using
SUBSTITU, the &ns are always substituted with nulls.