[Info-vax] Notepad++ highlighting for DCL

[hb]

On 10/31/19 1:27 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/30/2019 3:17 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> I don't see how colored text makes writing DCL easier than black on
>> white or
>> the reverse.
> 
> Having DCL verbs in one color, comments in another color,
> string constants in a third color, etc. do make code more readable.

On the system I currently work I can't run JED (or any other editor
other than microEmacs). I quickly created a com-file like
$ cre x.com
...
$ if count .eql. 10 then $ exit
...
[exit]
$ @x

and enjoyed the endless

%DCL-W-IVOPER, unrecognized operator in expression - check spelling and
syntax
 \.EQL.\

No, ^Y doesn't work on that system.

With syntax highlighting in JED ".eql." is not highlighted, which makes
my syntax error obvious, while I type.

Additionally to what comes with JED, I have/use syntax highlighting for
SDL, Macro32, Bliss, MMS-/MMK-description files, linker option files and
system parameter files. It "only" reduces the number of edit cycles.