RE: Program editors

(Note: This is another instance of receiving a reply before the original
message - I still don't have Steve's question.)

For the last 15 months (since I've been here at Spartan) I've been using
Code/400.  Before that I used Flex/Edit for many years, going back to
Picante's original DOS version of the product.  Code is pretty good,
although IBM's LPEX editor that Code uses is not quite as good as the
CodeWright editor that Flex is based on.  I've been using PC editors for so
long that I hate to even browse source members with SEU - I'm so used to the
color-coding and productivity aids that it drives me nuts when I don't have
them.  (And yes, I'm aware that it's just a short drive. ;)

For me, Code's biggest advantage over Flex is the CL and CMD prompting.
Flex's biggest advantage over Code is the opcode-aware dynamic RPG
prompting.  (Note to Jim: Both Code and Flex fully support RPG II, better
than SEU does, IMHO.)  Code is easier than Flex to customize, because it can
use Rexx macro and Java program add-ins.  Flex requires writing .DLL's for
most non-trivial enhancements, although there are more customizations that
can be made in Flex without writing anything.

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Langston [mailto:jimlangston@conexfreight.com]

I use SEU.  Exclusively.  

Mainly because I still have to maintain some RPG II code and there is no
justifiable reason to bring it to RPG IV or even RPG III.  

The second reason, it's free.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Steve Brazzell wrote:
> 
> I was just wondering what editors you folks use when you're coding RPG
(does
> anyone actually use SEU?)
> 
> I do all but one-line changes using a PC-based editor called CRISP, which
> emulates Brief.  It supports custom-color-coding of various structures,
> configurable indentation, code completion...basically all the standard
fare
> for good PC editors.
> 
> The reason this came to mind is all of the discussion on Free Form code.
> Most code editors I have ever used have auto-indent features which are
very
> "free-form-friendly", if you will, but this feature wouldn't be available
if
> any sort of requirement for a special character in column 7 remains, which
I
> personally shudder to imagine.
> 
> Steve Brazzell
> 
> p.s. I have no relation or interest in CRISP, except as a user of the
> product.  I mention it only as the first respondent in my own little
survey.
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