A simple cobol IDE
Project description
OpenCobolIDE
OpenCobolIDE is a simple and lightweight cobol IDE based on the OpenCobol compiler.
The software is written in Python using PyQt4 and pyQode
Features:
syntax highlighting
code completion
code folding
navigable tree view of division, sections, paragraphs etc.
calculates the offsets of selected record definitions
compile as program (.exe) or as subprogram (.so)
run the program from the editor
also open text files
cross platform: work on GNU/Linux and Windows
License
OpenCobolIDE is released under the GPL version 3
Installation
GNU/Linux
From PPA
There is now a PPA for Ubuntu and derivatives:
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:open-cobol-ide/stable $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install open-cobol-ide
From pypi
You must have the latest version of pip for python3!
Run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt4 open-cobol sudo pip3 install OpenCobolIDE
On Gnu/Linux, you must use pip3 instead of pip
Windows
There is a windows installer available here: https://launchpad.net/cobcide/+download
Requirements
The project depends on the following packages:
Python3
setuptools
PyQt4
OpenCobol
pyqode.core
pyqode.widgets
pygments >= 1.6
chardet
qdarkstyle
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Disclaimer
I am by no way a cobol expert, I just had to work on a cobol project at school with an awful IDE (NetExpress on a Windows Xp virtual machine). As I was writing pyqode, I thought it would be nice to use it to make a simple cobol editor for GNU/Linux.
I’ve only learnt COBOL 74 and the IDE has been designed with this standard in mind. I don’t plan to work with cobol at the moment nor to learn a new standard but if you found a missing feature, feel free to open a feature request. I’m always looking forward to make OpenCobolIDE better for the experts.
Your advice will be very appreciated!
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