Re: [open-cobol-list] Hybrid Editor XE(Was: Anybody use emacs to code COBOL?)

[Duke Normandin]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Kevin Monceaux wrote:

> Duke
>
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 12:10:45PM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, above I was referring to Hybrid Editor XE.  David described
> > > it as a full ISPF environment for Linux.  While it does have a menu
> > > with a few options similar to ISPF it's definitely not a full ISPF
> > > environment.
> >
> > So do you prefer it to the THE editor? I guess what I need to know is
> > which one would more COBOL-friendly? I've never laid eyes on either of
> > them.
>
> Yes.  Moving between the command line, prefix area, and editor area
> feel very "natural" in XE, at least for someone used to ISPF and 3270
> terminals.  XE seems to give the ENTER key the "best of both worlds"
> behavior.  It acts either like a 3270 newline key or enter key

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Thanks for that overview - just what I needed to know. I'll try
building both (I don't think either of them are in the MacPorts
collection) and go from there.
-- 
duke