The ISPF Settings menu

The ISPF Settings menu and HILITE command allow you to customize the appearance of your ISPF session.

To access and change ISPF settings, do the following:

From the ISPF Primary Option Menu, select option 0 to display the Settings menu, as shown in Figure 1.
In the list of options, type or remove the "/" on the line corresponding to the setting that you want to change. Use the Tab or New line key to move the cursor.

Figure 1. ISPF settings

Log/List  Function keys  Colors  Environ  Workstation  Identifier  Help
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                                ISPF Settings
Command ===>

Options                                   Print Graphics
Enter "/" to select option                  Family printer type 2
_  Command line at bottom                   Device name . . . .
/  Panel display CUA mode                   Aspect ratio  . . . 0
/  Long message in pop-up
_  Tab to action bar choices
_  Tab to point-and-shoot fields          General
/  Restore TEST/TRACE options               Input field pad . . B
_  Session Manager mode                     Command delimiter . ;
/  Jump from leader dots
_  Edit PRINTDS Command
/  Always show split line
_  Enable EURO sign

Terminal Characteristics
  Screen format   2  1. Data    2. Std     3. Max     4. Part

  Terminal Type   3    1. 3277       2. 3277A      3. 3278       4. 3278A
                       5. 3290A      6. 3278T      7. 3278CF     8. 3277KN
                       9. 3278KN    10. 3278AR    11. 3278CY    12. 3278HN
                      13. 3278HO    14. 3278IS    15. 3278L2    16. BE163
                      17. BE190     18. 3278TH    19. 3278CU    20. DEU78
                      21. DEU78A    22. DEU90A    23. SW116     24. SW131
                      25. SW500

The actions in the bar across the top usually vary from site to site.

Another way to customize ISPF panels is with the hilite command, as shown in Figure 2 . This command allows you to tailor various ISPF options to suit the needs of your environment.

Figure 2. Using the HILITE command

File  Languages  Colors  Help
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                             Edit Color Settings
Command ===> (this menu shows up when you type "hilite")

Language:    1. Automatic     Coloring:     1. Do not color program
             2. Assembler                   2. Color program
             3. BookMaster                  3. Both IF and DO logic
             4. C                           4. DO logic only
             5. COBOL                       5. IF logic only
             6. IDL 
             7. ISPF DTL         Enter "/" to select option
             8. ISPF Panel           Parentheses matching
             9. ISPF Skeleton     /  Highlight FIND strings
            10. JCL               /  Highlight cursor phrase
            11. Pascal  
            12. PL/I             Note: Information from this...
            13. REXX             saved in the edit profile.

F1=Help    F2=Split      F3=Exit    F7=Backward F8=Forward 
F9=Swap    F10=Actions  F12=Cancel