I found you by Google search for a gnucobol user group. I have
written COBOL for 60 years (really) and am considering use of cobc
with RM COBOL source. Perhaps you can help me with two initial issues:
1. The std=<dialect> parameters include "rm". Is this Ryan
McFarland COBOL?
2. My biggest problem is screen character attributes. My RM
programs have DISPLAY ...... CONTROL <data name> where the data
name specifies multiple attributes (color, highlight, etc.). The
gnucobol manual DISPLAY options for this are multiple and verbose.
I can think of two ways to handle this: prefix the display data
with hex screen controls or create a called subroutine for all
DISPLAY functions.
I actually have done the latter, successfully, with other COBOL's.
I only need four sets of screen attributes. But I am curious if
others have found better ways, or if there is a cobc syntax method
I missed.
Please reply in any case. I will appreciate any advice.
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