Re: Cobol Editor For Windows

From: LX-i (lxi0007_at_netscape.net)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:05:40 -0500

Joe Zitzelberger wrote:
> With all of the talk about editors lately, I was wondering who has
> really nice stand-alone Cobol editors. Is there something for Windows
> that offers Cobol syntax highlighting, ftp open/save, copybook
> awareness, etc that makes editing Cobol source a pleasure?
>
> I sometimes use StarBases CodeWright instead of ISPF Edit. Both are
> fine, but not great.
>
> Anyone have some great editor suggestions?

Visual SlickEdit. http://www.slickedit.com

Too many features even to mention - syntax highlighting, custom keyword
lists (useful for database names and such), copybook tagging, etc. 

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