OpenCobolIDE 3.0.0

A simple cobol IDE

OpenCobolIDE is a simple and lightweight cobol IDE based on the OpenCobol compiler.

The software is written in Python using PyQt5 and pyQode

Features:

• syntax highlighting

• code completion

• code folding -> temporarely removed for performance reasons

• navigable tree view of division, sections, paragraphs etc.

• calculates the offsets of selected record definitions

• compile as program (.exe) or as subprogram (.so/.dll)

• run the program from the editor or from a configurable external terminal

• also open other text files

• dark color schemes and theme

• cross platform: work on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OSX

License

OpenCobolIDE is released under the GPL version 3

Requirements

The project depends on the following packages:

• Python3

• setuptools

• PyQt4 or PyQt5

• OpenCobol

• pyqode.core

• Pygments

• chardet

• qdarkstyle

Installation

GNU/Linux

Install pyqt5, open-cobol and pip using your package manager, then run the following commands:

sudo pip3 install OpenCobolIDE

If you are on Archlinux, you can install OpenCobolIDE and all its dependencies from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-cobol-ide/

Windows

There is a windows installer available here: https://launchpad.net/cobcide/+download

Mac OSX

There is a dmg image available here: https://launchpad.net/cobcide/+download

The only thing you have to do is:

• to install OpenCobol compiler, e.g. using homebrew:

  brew install open-cobol

• run the OpenCobolIDE app

If you installed the compiler in a non-standard path and it is not recognized, you can specify and the path to the compiler in the preferences dialog under the Build & Run section (make sure to only specify the directory where the compiler can be found, not the full path).