It's certainly possible to create your own custom browsers and editor behaviors (with custom highlighting) in ISPF, and that's pretty well documented in the ISPF sections of the z/OS Knowledge Center.
Past IBM practice was to roll up additional COBOL reserved word highlighting into ISPF in some later (post-compiler) z/OS release. Presumably that'll continue, and of course you're free to ask and to file a RFE. It's technically possible for IBM to ship updates to ISPF separately, outside of particular z/OS release schedules. A recent example of that is the ISPF English all caps feature discussed on this list, a feature that's somewhat popular in Japan. Anyway, no promises from me (since I don't speak for IBM, as a reminder), but it doesn't hurt to ask. IBM Developer for Z keeps particularly close pace with the compiler since it's on its own, high velocity update schedule. You should have current reserved word highlighting (and more) available there. There are several references in recent IDZ release notes to feature improvements specifically geared to Enterprise COBOL 6.2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
