Cobol - *nix text editors (Was: If you were inventing CoBOL...)

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*nix text editors (Was: If you were inventing CoBOL...)

LX-i

2004-09-12, 8:55 am

Richard wrote:
> Robert Wagner <robert@wagner.net.yourmammaharvests> wrote
>
>
> The Unix world comes with _several_ text editors, it is only necessary
> to change your preferences to another from those already installed or
> by installing some other.
>
> But then vi is only 'unusable' to those who haven't learned to use it,
> just like any other tool.
>
> Personally, I find Midnight Commander and SetEdit suit my needs, but I
> can use vi if I have to.

I've been using vi since I started messing around with Linux. Our
office uses the program Visual SlickEdit (http://www.slickedit.com) for
our desktop editing. It's a Windows-based program, of course, but using
the latest version of wine, and copying one DLL from a "real" Windows
installation, it's up and working great.

It's not cheap, but it's now what I use for all my source code editing.
(Still have to boot back to Windows to compile the PC-based COBOL
stuff - I haven't gotten Fujitsu COBOL to install under wine yet.)

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LX-i

2004-09-12, 3:55 pm

Richard wrote:
> LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote
>
>
> You might try using Win4Lin from Netraverse.com. This provides an
> environment in which Windows 98se or ME can be installed into the
> Linux file system and then can be run as a window on one of your
> desktops. It actually can run a bit faster than when booted on the
> same machine because the ext2/3 filesystem is faster than FAT32.
>
> However, if your compiler uses a dongle and grubby hardware access
> that may be an issue. You should be able to get an
> 'try-before-you-buy' version, and as long as you have an existing
> Win98 install CD ... with valid licence of course.

Hmm - all I've got is W2K Pro and XP Pro. I'll still check it out,
though - maybe I can dig around and see. Seems an old computer I bought
came with Win98... Thanks for the tip.

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Richard

2004-09-14, 3:55 am

LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote

> I've been using vi since I started messing around with Linux. Our
> office uses the program Visual SlickEdit (http://www.slickedit.com) for
> our desktop editing. It's a Windows-based program, of course, but using
> the latest version of wine, and copying one DLL from a "real" Windows
> installation, it's up and working great.
>
> It's not cheap, but it's now what I use for all my source code editing.
> (Still have to boot back to Windows to compile the PC-based COBOL
> stuff - I haven't gotten Fujitsu COBOL to install under wine yet.)

You might try using Win4Lin from Netraverse.com. This provides an
environment in which Windows 98se or ME can be installed into the
Linux file system and then can be run as a window on one of your
desktops. It actually can run a bit faster than when booted on the
same machine because the ext2/3 filesystem is faster than FAT32.

However, if your compiler uses a dongle and grubby hardware access
that may be an issue. You should be able to get an
'try-before-you-buy' version, and as long as you have an existing
Win98 install CD ... with valid licence of course.

LX-i

2004-09-16, 3:55 pm

Richard

2004-09-16, 3:56 pm

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