Would LOVE to see this become an ECLIPSE plug-in

Rick: Robert:
I remember having Eclipse installed once when exploring some other language (don't remember which) and do remember it being very modular. I did a quick browse around, and Eclipse and all it's plugins seem totally Java oriented. If so, I have a real problem. Java and I just don't get along. I wasted several months once trying to get a handle on Java with a view to porting SPFLite over. I gave up in utter frustration.

George

I mentioned in another post I just made concerning this subject. A simple and helpful start would be if SPFLite would just recognize that I am writing code that is JAVA. To be specific on ISPF editor I can do a highlight command and specify COBOL or REXX and a few others. Key words and such change color. Very helpful.

Right now I find my self flipping back and forth between SPFLite and Eclipse when writing a JAVA CLASS. Eclipse does great for syntax checking and key word colors and such. But I can add and repeat and indent code so much faster using SPFLite. It takes very little to flip back and forth as I can have both open.

if your file is not named *.java then you can use your java.INI (and java.AUTO) with the command PROFILE USE JAVA

Jo

name of file is MathClassDemo.java

I did the PROF command and got:
(weird note: while in any text file with SPF Lite I find I can only highlight one line to cut and paste.
plus I was pleased to see the line command MD work.
)

PROFILE JAVA UNLOCKED, AUTOBKUP OFF, AUTOCAPS OFF, AUTOSAVE OFF PROMPT
CAPS OFF, CASE T, CHANGE DS, COLLATE ANSI, COLS ON, EOL CRLF, FOLD OFF
HEX OFF, HILITE FIND AUTO, LRECL 0, MARK ON, MINLEN 0, PAGE OFF
PRESERVE OFF, RECFM U, SCROLL CSR, SETUNDO 10, SOURCE ANSI, START FIRST
STATE OFF, TABS ON, XTABS 4
A-Z a-z 0-9

And just for the fun of it here is the code:
package VC5;
// Java For The COBOL Programmer - copyright 1999 Doke & Hardgrave
// Chapter 5 - Computation
// Program to demonstrate methods in the Math class
// MathClassDemo.java 15 JAN 99

import java.text.NumberFormat;
public class MathClassDemo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
// declare variables
float balance = 1000F;
float apr = .08F;
int months = 6;
double payment;
payment = (balance * (apr / 12))/ (1 - 1 / Math.pow ((1 + apr/12), months));
float roundedPayment = roundOff(payment); // round to 2 decimals
System.out.println ("Payment = " + payment);
System.out.println ("Rounded Payment = " + roundedPayment);
} // end main

// roundOff method
static public float roundOff (double value)
{
value = value * 100; // move decimal 2 places to right
// Math.round returns long - recast to float
float roundedValue = (float) Math.round(value);
roundedValue = roundedValue / 100; // move decimal back to left
return roundedValue;
} // end roundOff
} // end MathClassDemo