Re: String Literals in CLLE VS RPGLE

The trouble with these categories, as I see it, is that they are not applied only to literals. Maybe the numerics are - there can't be any "text" as such. But they are things like positions in O-specs and lengths in D-specs.

As to user symbols, that effects both some literals and some names at the same time.

I would still like to learn what these mean - to me this is very cryptic - I pressed F1 while in the styles list and got nothing specific. Also nothing on Google, at least not easily found.

So we still have this woefully-under-documented application. Still, it's what I like to work in now.

Vern

On 9/26/2013 12:27 PM, Gary Thompson wrote:

Stu, interesting, can you explain how I might associate
"User Symbol" with a particular literal ?

Ken, thanks for asking!

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Oh but it DOES have that, just not called "literals". There is "Numeric"
and "Numeric2" for numeric literals appearing in different places. Also "User Symbol" and "User Symbol2" for character literals. I know because I had to find them to make them black (personally I hate them being colored). For the SQL flavor, there are "SQL Numeric Constant" and "SQL Character String Constant".

Stu



On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Ken Killian <kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why is that I can format string Literals inside of CLLE, but not
inside RPGLE?

I am talking about this preference:

Windows>Preference>Lpex Editor>parsers>parser Styles

CL has "Literals" for color formatting...

While RPG, ILERPG & ILERPGSQL does not have the option for "Literals"...

I would think there might be RFE. If there is one, I would certainly
vote for that!

To see my literal in a different color, was the first thing I loved
about color syntax. It is the most used feature in my other tools. It
just seems strange that LPEX for RPG does NOT have this... <Big Frown>

I am stuck using good old NotePad++ to edit my complex literal statements.
<frown>


-Ken Killian-
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