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Bahri Bora BALI AG <OPRJ36@TREARN.BITNET> writes:
: Hello.. I have some questions..
: 
: 1. Is there a good text editor running under OS/2 1.3? If so,
:    how can I get it?
: 

Why 1.3?  And yes you can get Brief for OS/2.

: 2. Someone had told me that there is a paper documentation about
:    use of PM functions in REXX. If still so, how can I get it?
:    And I had heard that there is a help file named REXX.INF?
:    True? If so, can I get it? Of course, from where?

Don't think this is in place yet but it will probably be IBM's answer
to Visual Basic when available.  I saw it at Research two+ years ago.

: 
: 3. I hate COBOL but here, programmers want to write with
:    it. Do you have sample codes in COBOL/2, using
:    PM functions or OS/2 Service Calls? If so, *8) will
:    you send them to me?

Can't help.

: 
: 4. In these networks, with WHICH NODE/SITE sould I contact to
:    discuss something about IBM's FBSS/2?

??? FBSS/2 ???

: 5. Is it possible to develope Device Drivers for OS/2, by
:    programming in COBOL/2? Here, programmers are asking
:    about this.

There should be a special award given for this.  It would be like entering
a Greyhound bus in a Grand Prix.  Did you say programmers?  :-)  In truth
I have no idea.  But if it has an interface to C functions, probably.

: 
: Thank you for your interest.. Kind regards..
: 
: -Bahri Bora BALI
: 
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OPRJ36@TREARN.BITNET (Bahri Bora BALI AG) writes:

>1. Is there a good text editor running under OS/2 1.3? If so,

>   how can I get it?



There are several.  Most are available from various software

mail order house such as Programmer's Connction or Programmer's

Paradise.



    Brief 3.1 Solution Systems

              - OS/2 and DOS versions.  Character mode.

              - powerful, fully configurable, popular

              - comes with awk-like macro language



    SageEdit Intersolv (merged with Sage Software)

              - OS/2, DOS and dual mode

              - character based

              - awk-like macro language

              - very powerful, fully configurable



    MultiEdit, QEdit, Epsilon, Edix, Edix/GS are others.



    Of interest to mainframe types might be Mansfield's (?)

    KEdit (like XEdit on VM/CMS) and SPF/2 like the MVS/TSO

    ISPF editor.



>2. Someone had told me that there is a paper documentation about

>   use of PM functions in REXX. If still so, how can I get it?

>   And I had heard that there is a help file named REXX.INF?

>   True? If so, can I get it? Of course, from where?



This information comes with IBM's Programming Tools and Information

kit.  You can also download REXX .INF files from Compuserve or

major OS/2 BBSs.



>3. I hate COBOL but here, programmers want to write with

>   it. Do you have sample codes in COBOL/2, using

>   PM functions or OS/2 Service Calls? If so, *8) will

>   you send them to me?



COBOL, as an SAA language, is supported for OS/2 and PM development.

Examples come with the IBM PT&I kit.  It's a pain in the butt, IMHO,

to code PM in COBOL.  Anything in COBOL, actually, but with OS/2

it just doesn't seem to be very 'natural'...



>4. In these networks, with WHICH NODE/SITE sould I contact to

>   discuss something about IBM's FBSS/2?



Dunno.



>5. Is it possible to develope Device Drivers for OS/2, by

>   programming in COBOL/2? Here, programmers are asking

>   about this.



Probably, but you'd still need some assembler and C to get the

beast up.  Again, COBOL is simply not an appropriate choice

for systems level development.  Why not just take a couple

of hot-shots and let them loose with C?  After all, it isn't

magic - it's just another (very powerful) programming language.



>Thank you for your interest.. Kind regards..



hope this helps.





(sorry about the crappy formatting...)

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