Missing support for editing PL1 files

[ebhab]

I'm using UltraEdit to edit PL1-files (IBM Compiler).
Is this a supported language?

Any help is appreciated.

regards
Michael

[Acid]

You can always check the download section of the website and see if someone already made wordfile for your language. Or you could write one yourself there are several posts about how to do that on the forum.

[MrBillG]

Hi Michael

Looks like we have two versions:
PL/I - 7/24/2003
PL/I IBM-Visual Age - 02/18/2003

First off you can find wordfiles by going to Downloads and choosing "Extras".

The help file in UE is incredible! Use it!

Basicly download the PL/I file you like best, open Wordfile.txt & append it with L## not used like L15, save it and than load a PL/I program.

What drives the syntax highlighting is the suffix of the file.

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File Extensions = pli cpy inc mac

so if you used FTP (which is fantastic for IBM MVS and AS400) there is no file suffix so you have to go to pull down menu "View" --> "View As(Hightlighting File Type)" --> PL/I
It can be a pain if you have a ton of programs, another option is if you want to set "PL/I" as your default Syntax Hightlighting" add '*' which is a wild card, which matches anything.

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File Extensions = pli cpy inc mac *

Good Luck