Editing ISPF (section)

==ISPF/PDF interactive tools==
When a foreground (interactive) TSO user invokes ISPF, it provides a menuing system, normally with an initial display of a Primary Option Menu<ref>{{cite web
   |url=https://help.nfc.usda.gov/publications/ISPF/11485.htm
   |title=Description of the ISPF Primary Option Menu
   |date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> this provides them access to many useful tools for application development and for administering the [[z/OS]] operating system.

Such tools include
*Browse – for viewing [[Data set (IBM mainframe)|data sets]], [[Data_set_(IBM_mainframe)#Partitioned_datasets|partitioned data set (PDS)]] members, and [[UNIX System Services|Unix System Services]] files.
*Edit – for editing data sets, PDS members, and Unix System Services files.
*Utilities – for performing data manipulation operations, such as:
**Data Set List – which allows the user to list and manipulate (copy, move, rename, print, catalog, delete, etc.) files (termed "data sets" in the [[z/OS]] environment).
**Member List – for similar manipulations of members of PDSs.
**Search facilities for finding modules or text within members or data sets.
**Compare facilities for comparing members or data sets.
*Library Management, including promoting and demoting program modules.<ref>{{cite web
   |url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ikjp100/ikjp10046.htm
   |title=What you can do with ISPF/PDF|website=[[IBM]] |date=17 August 2015 }}</ref>