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Compiler output formatter

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Truusvlugindewind

Truusvlugindewind

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Jun 5, 2002
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Remember those good-old-days? Just before each new section you coded a "/" in column 7 to make sure you got a large pile of 11" zebra paper on you desk and every section started at a new page.and after some time you had little yellow papers popping out....

Who prints his/hers compilerlisting nowadays? Where is that beatifull 11" paper.

Today I code (acu)cobol on a PC and the compiler listing is a PC file, browed with notepad or a simular program...
I still code that "/" for each new section. The compiler still starts a new 'page', but when I hit "PageDown" notepad does not understand and does not align my ocompiler output.

I wonder, is there a smart program out there capable of browsing my compiler output and interpreting "PageDown" asif I was turning a page on that old pile of 11" paper?
 
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Browse your listings with MS Word. CTRL-PageDown will take you to the top of the next page.

I faced similar "usability" issues with my mainframe listings some time ago (that old 24x80 mainframe screen isn't great for viewing listings). I created a macro in MSWord and assigned it to a button on my toolbar. Click the macro and it gives me a list of all the SYSOUTs on the mainframe. I click the one I want. The Macro uses FTP to download it to the PC where Word opens it and sets up the pagination and page orientation. At that point, I can browse the listing, search it, or print it or selected portions of it. Made my life much easier, especially if I'm working remotely from any mainframe printer.

Regards.

Glenn
 
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Perhaps you can use an Acrobat printer to print it to...
 
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Many SVGA cards support a 132x60 text mode. Not many applications support it. LIST by Vernon D. Buerg is one that does. It is available as shareware.
 
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There is a software that its main task to handle printing tasks, including from dos command line, or from programs.

It can also, to display/zoom pages by PgUp/Dn, every page that has page eject.


Baruch
 
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