On 31/08/2016 2:32 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote:
David Crayford wrote:
The Compuware COBOL editor is an OEM licensed Slickedit core plugin for
Eclipse. That is a far better solution than stock RD/z which has a
plethora of different editors for each different programming language.
I use RD/z with the SE core plugin and have the same editor for C/C++,
Java, HLASM, COBOL, PL/1, REXX, Lua etc, etc. IBM missed a trick there.
No, IBM didn't. You can use the same editor/editor mode for *every* file if
you wish. Eclipse lets you do that.
The one true editor in Eclipse is a text editor. Or maybe in RD/z LPEX
which is not much of an upgrade.
Is anybody outside of IBMs customers still using Eclipse? I was under
the impression that IntelliJ was the dominant force
in the fat IDE space now. And you get the same editor and user
experience no matter what language you're editing -
Java, JSP, HTML/CSS, Javascript, PHP, Scala, C/C++, Actionscript etc. It
also indexes the world so navigating around complex code
bases is seamless. Now that's progress...
If you want to use a non-default
editor/editor mode for a particular file, right click on the file and
choose "Open With." At that moment, and for future edit sessions with that
particular file, your chosen editor/editor mode will be, er, chosen. If
you'd like to change the default editor/editor mode for a particular file
type then...just change the default (Window -> Preferences... in General ->
Editors -> File Associations, if memory serves). For more information,
please visit:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.5.1/com.ibm.etools.rdz.language.editors.doc/topics/czdchoose_editor.html
One size does not fit all. But if one size fits all for *you*, no problem!
IBM and Eclipse still have you covered. *And* you can use Compuware's or
any other Eclipse-based editors if you like. (And even non-Eclipse editors
to some extent.) All of these options are available and possible. Just
because IBM offers so many editor/editor mode choices doesn't mean you have
to use them all. Just tell Eclipse what you want it to do (or not do).
Ren Brenton asked:
Naive question back: How would I know if I'm running with ISPF profile
mode enabled?
Click on Window -> Preferences -> LPEX Editor. In the Editor Profile field,
click "ispf." Click OK.
Jon's presentation has more advice on how to make the ISPF mode even more
ISPF-like. For example, you can change the color scheme so that it's the
same as ISPF via a terminal emulation session.
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