Re: Should the labels in the outline view use free-form syntax

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be happy with the terse and more info.

Charles


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Edmund Reinhardt <
edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi folks
> I am revisiting the outline view labels because I need to support the new
> TIMESTAMP fractional seconds.
> It occurs to be that the outline labels are verbose compared to the new
> free form syntax.  The new free form syntax could provide more information
> with less screen real estate.
> For example  for files
>   myExternal: DISK Externally Described
>   myInternal: PRINTER Program Described
> vs
>   myExternal: DISK(*EXT)
>   myInternal: PRINTER(132)
>
> This would even allow for more keywords to be shown like EXTDESC, TEMPLATE,
> QUALIFIED, ALIAS
>
> For fields  we currently have
>    myField: Character (100) VARYING(4)
>    myUcs: UCS-2(40) VARYING(2)
>    myPtr: Pointer(16) PROCPTR DIM(10)
>    myNum: Packed Decimal (10: 2)
> vs
>    myField: VARCHAR(100:4)
>    myUcs: VARUCS(40)
>    myPtr: POINTER(*PROC) DIM(10)
>    myNum: PACKED(10:2)
>
> Here the difference is not as clear but there are many more keywords shown
> on fields that could be obscured by the longer names.
> On the other hand, the data type names are translated to your local
> language and may make things like UNS (Unsigned) to be obvious.
>
> Please let me know whether you would prefer things shown in the terser
> standard free form RPG or the the Verbose translated labels?
> I do not want to have a preference, I would prefer to switch and have a
> single standard way of doing this.
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Edmund (E.H.) Reinhardt
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