OpenCobolIDE 4.3.0

A simple cobol IDE

OpenCobolIDE

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

The software is written in Python using PyQt5 (or PyQt4) and pyQode

Features:

• native (fast) cobol syntax highlighter

• cobol code completion

• cobol code folding

• navigable tree view of division, sections, paragraphs etc (fully synchronised with the code folding panel)

• smart auto indentation

• tool for computing PIC fields offsets

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

• run the program from the editor or from a configurable external terminal ( necessary if you are using the SCREEN section).

• dark color schemes and theme

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

• dbpre integration on Linux

License

OpenCobolIDE is released under the GPL version 3

Requirements

• GnuCobol

• Python3

• PyQt4 or PyQt5

• setuptools

• pyqode.qt

• pyqode.core

• pyqode.cobol

• Pygments

• qdarkstyle

Installation

GNU/Linux

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

sudo pip3 install OpenCobolIDE --upgrade

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

Note that if you have both PyQt5 and PyQt4 on your system, the IDE will use PyQt5 by default. To force the use of PyQt4, you should set the QT_API environment variable to pyqt4.

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

Before running the app, you first have to install the GnuCobol compiler, e.g. using homebrew:

brew install open-cobol

If you installed the compiler in a non-standard path and it is not recognized by the IDE, you can specify 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).

Resources

• Downloads

• Source repository

• Issue tracker

• Documentation