Re: [GNU-COBOL] Quiet on the list?

["Boris Kortiak" <BKortiak@genlyte.com>]

First apologies.  D**n Novell GroupWise mail client doesn't know how to quote properly (or maybe I don't know the setting).  Bear with me.

>>> "Chad Slaughter" <slaught@umr.edu> 06/18/99 12:07AM >>>
Boris Kortiak wrote :>

>1)  Has anyone given thought to a COBOL specific editor?

What do you mean by this?? I figured we could come up with some
syntax highlighting add-ons to the popular editors. vim,elvis,*shudder* emacs
then ppl can just use their std editor.
Did you have specific fucntionality that isnt covered by one of the above?

My experience with *nix editors is limited to vi, so I'm not sure what the listed ones are capable of.  My list of needs would be to have the syntax highlighting that you mentioned, maybe something like VB.  Reserved words one color, verbs another, literals a third, variables a forth.  I would think this would require a little intelligence on the part of the editor to keep tabs on these elements.

Your thoughts?



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