About this task
The COBOL Editor is the default editor for AIX® COBOL files. You can choose an alternative
editor, such as the Remote Systems LPEX Editor, by using the
Open
with menu item. To change the default editor in the product
preferences, select . The COBOL Editor includes these features:
- Capitalization formatting
- Indentation formatting
- Quick fixes
- Task tags
- Mark occurrences
- Range Indicator & Show Selected Only
- "Surround with" menu
Restriction: The COBOL Editor, and compare editor
(when comparing COBOL files) have several limitations:
- Double-byte character set (DBCS) limitations: Remote DBCS characters
are not supported. Files containing remote DBCS characters can be
opened in read-only mode only. Use the Remote Systems LPEX Editor
to edit these files.
- Bidirectional Text Limitations: Remote bidirectional characters
are not supported. Remote files containing bidirectional characters
can be opened in read-only mode only. Use the Remote Systems LPEX
Editor to edit these files.
- Other Limitations: Several features present in the Remote Systems
LPEX Editor are not available in the COBOL Editor, or compare editor
when comparing COBOL files, including autosave, automatic maintenance
of sequence numbers, and preventing text modifications left of the
information margin from shifting sequence numbers out of position.