On 20.11.2022 22:35, Bob Bridges wrote:
I haven't been keeping up with this thread, but I drop in on the random
long-running thread just because, and I see this. For ooREXX and VBS and the
like I've been trying out Notepad++, but I'm not entirely happy with it.
You could use IntelliJ [1] (they have a free community edition) which is available for any operating
system platform that runs Java. There is an IntelliJ ooRexx-Plugin [2] that supports ooRexx up to
the latest version 5.0 and the experimental executor edition of ooRexx. The plugin will syntax check
your Rexx code (you'll get redlines at the right border to navigate to the sections that contain
errors, together with an explanation of the error) and also supports the few additional mainframe
Rexx characters (an option you need to activate as these characters did not get into TRL2).
There are a few functions (like the missing <Alt-F> that I don't care for, and
it's pretty troublesome to find or set the colors the way I'd like them. I'm open to
recommendations. Never heard of Hessling. I'd probably use the PC version of ISPF
Editor, but I hear it's not around any more.
THE ("the Hessling editor") can be found here:
<https://hessling-editor.sourceforge.net/>
The author, a very nice Australian gentleman named Mark Hessling is also the maintainer of the
open-source Regina Rexx interpreter of which there was an experimental port to Hercules.
Mark is an astounding man having witnessed his initiatives, tools, products and skills for decades
(just look at the depth of his knowledge over all the Regina and Rexx external function packages
support for different operating systems). E.g. he created the Rexx/SQL function package at a time
(literally decades ago) where the big guys like IBM or Oracle did not support interaction with each
other's RDBMS, but you could (and can) use Rexx/SQL to do that and connect to different RDBMS at the
same time. Or look at his long standing Rexx/CURL external function package and the like!
If you look around the above web page you might find additional interesting and valuable Rexx
related information. Also, you would be able to meet with him in person via the RexxLA mailing lists
by enrolling to RexxLA for free at <https://www.rexxla.org/members/index.rsp?action=join> (to fight
robots there is a funny little challenge which mandates knowledge of Rexx). Also you would be able
to communicate via the RexxLA mailing lists with the father of Rexx, Mike F. Cowlishaw, or "Mr.
ooRexx", Rick McGuire, and many more Rexx afficionados... :)
---rony
[1] IntelliJ (quite popular development environment):
<https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download>
[2] IntelliJ ooRexx-plugin:
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/Sandbox/aseik/ooRexxIDEA/GA/2.1.0/>
/* When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil
that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own
badness less and less. A moderately bad man knows he is not very good; a
thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. This is common sense, really. You
understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see
mistakes in arithmetic when your mind is working properly; while you are making
them you cannot see them. You can understand the nature of drunkenness when
you are sober, not when you are drunk. Good people know about both good and
evil; bad people do not know about either. -C S Lewis, _Christian Behavior_ */
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of W
Mainframe
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2022 06:40
The SPF/SE is an excellent editor, indeed...I use another eccellent editor,
always free, The Hessling Editor, a Xedit clone with full macro support using
Rexx.
Dan
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