Not sure if "2. loc doesn't start in the same column" is fixed, too: var-names (in fixed format, which is used by PSPad) can start from column 11 and can end in column 72 (OK, they must be shorter than 32 chars, but this is nothing an editor has to care about).
BTW: do you think it is possible to have two COBOL syntax (fixed and free format)? They are nearly identical, despite of no areas in fixed and therefore no special meanings in column 7. In both formats - comment can start with *> (anywhere in the source) [in fixed format additional to * in column 7] - compiler directives start with >> -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?6,54269,55449> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
