The full set of documentation for universe is at
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/u2/pubs/library/
The manual for the ED line editor (which I assume is the editor
mentioned) is at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/25119110.pdf

NB - I thouroughly reccommend you learn how to use ED, then never use
it for Databasic. Download the u2 clients and use unidebugger, or the
wintegrate editor, or use one of the many offerings arround for windows
based editors.

Just my little bit of advice !

rgds
Symeon

martin.kent (AT) postrelational (DOT) co.uk wrote:

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks a bunch!!!

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WILLIE RIVERS
<martin.kent (AT) postrelational (DOT) co.uk> wrote

I will definitely keep that in mind. Just out of curiosity what is the
reasoning behind it? Is it an ease of use issue? Thanks.

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WILLIE RIVERS
"Symeon" <symeonb (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Will,

There's nothing wrong with using ED for editing a DataBasic program.

It's just sort of tedious, particularly if you like to indent your code
and format it to make it more readable.

You're probably not old enough to have ever used ED for CP/M 2.2, so
you don't really know how bad an editor can be. But, I entered many
programs using either ED and can state they absolutely will work.

However, other programs are much easier. My favorite at this time
- if your standard computer uses Windows - is AccuTerm. You can
download an evaluation copy from www.asent.com and use it for a
while. It comes with a wonderful windows editor called WED that
lets you use a windows program to edit your data. It will do syntax
highlighting and formatting if desired.

Larry Hazel


"Will" <wrivers (AT) charter (DOT) net> wrote

Homer sums it up well. Writing programs is much easier with a windows
editor, mainly because you can copy and paste, go to a certain place
using the mouse etc. + you also get syntax highlighting, formatting and
they will compile and catalog your program for you as well. Personaly i
like the wintegrate one, a free trial is on the clients CD (or
downloadable) or the unidebugger is free and is pretty much the same
editor as the wintegrate editor.


Homer L. Hazel wrote:

Thanks guys. This helps a lot. I know that as I progress I will have many
many many questions. I am learning the language because the company I work
for is switching to a system that uses DataBasic and UniVerse and I will be
developing routines and reports around that. Thanks again for the input.

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WILLIE RIVERS
"Symeon" <symeonb (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

There are always plenty of people willing to help on here. You may also
want to try the U2 users mailing list. This is entirely dedicated to
IBM U2 - Universe and Unidata (whereas you get all sorts of strange and
wonderfull databasic flavours on here

sign up instructions are here -
http://u2ug.org/index.php?module=Con...20Menu&meid=14

NB I would recommend you have a special email address for the list, or
some good rules to move the messages as there can be many posts in a
day.

Rgds
Symeon

Will wrote: