Re: [open-cobol-list] Anybody use emacs to code COBOL?

[John Culleton]

On Thursday 06 August 2009 11:37:39 am Duke Normandin wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 06:00:37 pm Duke Normandin wrote:
> > > Any major-mode recommendations?
> > >
> > > Any other environment recommendation?
> >
> > EMACS vs. VI is almost as old as Unix. I use Vim (Gvim) 
> > because I learned VI way back when.  But as they say in an even
> > older language "De gustibus non disputandum est."
>
> I also took 4 years of Latin in H.S. I guess I've just joined an
> "old farts" club - with Latin, COBOL, kicking around; and me
> hacking M(umps) code as well. ;))
>
> I use VIM as well. I have nothing against it, really. How is it
> as a COBOL programming environment?

It highlights key words and colors the entire line red if boundaries 
are exceeded. A new line takes the indentation of the previous 
line.  It decides what syntax to use from the suffix of the 
file, .cbl, .cob etc. 

-- 
John Culleton
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