RCF - REXX Code Formatter/2 ($)

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REXX Code Formatter/2 Description

The REXX Code Formatter/2 (RCF/2) is an OS/2(*) REXX application written using VisPro/REXX(**) and VisPro/Reports(**). It is designed to allow a REXX programmer to format a program in a particular style, insuring that the format of each element of the REXX program conforms to that style.

Features of REXX Code Formatter/2

Using this product, users may, for example:

• Define the indentation to be used in general plus the amount for:

  • Program statements subordinate to DO and SELECT,

  • Statements that begin with THEN/ELSE, and

  • Continued statements.
  
  Specify whether:

  • Lines are to be split at semicolons,

  • Redundant spaces are to be removed from program statements,

  • New lines are to start before or after THEN/ELSE keywords, and

  • END statements are to be indented to align with the corresponding DO/SELECT subordinate statements.
  
  Specify the formatting for:

  • REXX keyword Instructions,

  • REXX keywords besides those that begin a REXX keyword instruction,

  • Variables names,

  • Function names, and

  • Labels.

  • Define special formatting for selected function names.

  • Check for duplicate labels and insure all labels start on a new line.

  • Have RCF/2 create a file of label names as they appear in the program

  • so that all references to them in the program (and even other programs) will reflect this same format.

  • Align full-line, left-hand, and right-hand comments.

  • Generate a listing of the formatted program.

  In addition, while RCF/2 is not a syntax-checker or code debugger, it does provide some assistance in program development. It can, for example:

  • Identify DO and SELECT instructions missing a corresponding END clause,

  • Flag comments that are not started but not closed, and

  • Highlight literal strings with a missing quote.

  New features in Release 1.2.0 are:

  • A cross reference facility for labels, variables, and function names.

  • Optional formatting notes if undefined function names are found.

  • The ability to add "Commented line numbers" to statements.

  • Landscape printing formats.

  • Right-hand alignment of full-line comments with extension and truncation to allow for "boxing" of comments.

  • Specification of file name and directory for generated associated label files.

  • Maintenance of multiple generated associated label file data in a single file.

  • Separate formatting specification for the standard REXX built-in functions.

  • The specification of the file to be edited as a parameter at RCF invocation.

  • The extension of the allowable indentation values to be up to 999.

  • Placement of the print specification in a separate page to facilitate changing of printer specifications.

  • Use of WARP 4 notebook format for configuration settings when using OS/2 WARP 4.

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