At August 23, 2005 13:32, concerning "Re: about HILITE in ISPF
Editor", Robert Bardos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (to IBM-Main):
> I remember encountering a similar message when trying 'hilite dtl'
> on an HFS HTML file that had records that were longer than 255
> characters. However, as you mention COBOL I doubt that that's the
> reason. [snip]
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> von KC Eric Wong
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. März 2007 08:27
>>
>> When I am editing a COBOL file, [snip]
>> When I type HILITE ON in the command line, it says "HILITE
>> unavailable",Seems that it is disabled somehow.
[I didn't see the original message on the newsgroup but it might be
queued up in the ListServ maintenance.]
Eric: I expect the editor doesn't recognize the "file type" ie. LLQ
of dsn, as specific to Cobol. You can *always* tell it which kind of
high-lighting you desire; even in the wrong file. Give HILITE COBOL
a try. (You'll probably have to PROFILE SAVE so the editor will
retain the setting past the current session.)
Note: It can be helpful to change the high-lighting within a single
session. For example, you're editing a JCL library that has instream
Cobol or Rexx. (or both) HILITE COBOL happily flagged my JCL as if
it were Cobol source but the instream Cobol has the right high-
lighting. Check out HELP HILITE within the editor for all the
available possibilities.
ps. I love the 'new' profiles. It's saved me from lotsa simple JCL
typos ie. the infamous missing comma, because the colour of the line
was wrong. ('course, it won't tell you *what* is wrong but... ;^)
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