Any suggestions for a 'programmer's workbench' for Powerhouse ?

[Matt Ohmes]

This is also a personal opinion and not an IBM recommendation.  I 
personally prefer TextPad but be aware of one limitation; it will only 
open files up to 2 gig in size.  Certainly good enough for any PH program, 
but I often find that I have to deal with flat file data and there it can 
become an issue.  I also have UltraEdit and it doesn't have a file size 
limit that I have found. TextPad is easier to use and it is usually my 
choice but UltraEdit has more power/features so I keep in in reserve (plus 
I bought a lifetime upgrade version about 10 years ago so it's easy to 
keep around.)

I would also recommend that whatever editor you use, make sure you can do 
column editing.  I find this very useful when working with data files. It 
lets you select a range of columns through a range of rows without 
selecting the rest of the row.  This can be a real benefit if you have to, 
for example, comment out 20 lines of code or insert a remove columns 30-34 
in all rows.  Both TextPad and UltraEdit have this feature.  In TextPad 
they call it 'Block Select Mode' and in UltraEdit they call it 'Column 
Mode'.

Matt




From:   Bob Deskin <Bob.Deskin at ca.ibm.com>
To:     "Ken Langendock" <ken.langendock at rogers.com>
Cc:     powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=ca.ibm.com at lists.sowder.com, 
"'power-l'" <powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
Date:   04/21/2011 10:52 PM
Subject:        RE: Any suggestions for a 'programmer's workbench' for 
Powerhouse ?
Sent by:        powerh-l-bounces+mohmes=us.ibm.com at lists.sowder.com



This is a personal observation, not an IBM recommendation. I used TextPad 
for years at Cognos. Someone had done a PowerHouse syntax colouring 
template, but it wasn't kept up to date. I remember comparing text 
editors, and for me that was the best. Your mileage may differ.

Bob



From:   "Ken Langendock" <ken.langendock at rogers.com>
To:     "'Michel Adam'" <michel.adam at gmail.com>, "'power-l'" 
<powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
Date:   2011-04-21 08:23 AM
Subject:        RE: Any suggestions for a 'programmer's workbench' for 
Powerhouse ?
Sent by:        powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=ca.ibm.com at lists.sowder.com



I have used several editors over the last 25 years and I finally gave in 
to using a windows version of VI about 10 years ago.
 
The Product is VIM and it is a free product
 
It is more powerful than the VI editor on Unix/Linux.  The editor has code 

coloring, I programmed all the powerhouse keywords into VIM, so I can see 
syntax errors as I am typing (I can send you this).
 
The best part is, with one editor you can work on Windows/Unix and Linux.
 
Ken
 
http://www.vim.org/download.php
 
 
From: powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com [
mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com] On 
Behalf Of Michel Adam
Sent: April 21, 2011 2:49 AM
To: power-l
Subject: [Bulk] Any suggestions for a 'programmer's workbench' for 
Powerhouse ?
 
I'm starting on a small lift-and-shift from 3000 to Windows. Does anyone 
have any suggestions for a coding editor alternative to 'notepad' ? I have 

used slickedit before, but that is somewhat more expensive than I can 
justify. What have listers used that they can recommend?
 
Thanks
 
Michel Adam
michel_adam at gov.nt.ca
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