Steve Thompson wrote:

>I think I found the problem that caused ISPF to go sideways on coloring.

Cool! 


>A self-inflicted wound as it were.

And you did that on a Friday, when a nice ice cold beer is crying to you to 
rescue it from the cold and dark fridge... ;-)


>I did a subsequent find for a string that identified a routine I need to add 
>logic to, about 2000 lines earlier. It was there I noticed that I had mangled 
>a literal. It started with " and ended with '.

>That was the beginning of sorrows. So ISPF went nuts with coloring (Er hat die 
>Nase voll).

Indeed. ISPF will get nuts with all those " and '. ;-)

I also wounded myself with that trap now and then. Ouch...

So sometimes I turned off the Hilite, check everything and Hilite again for a 
double check. Trust me, I *then* found my edit errors....    ... while my 
coffee is getting cold ...


>BTW -I did state at the beginning that I was doing REXX coloring including IF 
>and DO with parenthesis matching.

I know, but I just want to make sure that you looked again, partly because a 
macro could change your setting afterwards, but Ok, thanks for reminding me of 
that.


>One of the problems of working from home -- no one to look over your shoulder 
>and start snickering.

I agree with you about problems of working from home, so many things (dogs 
barking, children playing, hooting from the street, 747 or Airbus over your 
head, etc. ) to distract you (excluding that silent cry from the fridge of 
course...)

I am glad you found your solution!

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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