Editing in Topaz Workbench
The family of Topaz Editors are language-aware, Eclipse-based editors for browsing and editing source. The editors provide search functionality, colorization for language syntax, an outline view to assist navigation through the code, and other functionality that is customized via preference settings.
The appropriate editor launches based on the file association for a given file extension as follows:
- Topaz-COBOL-editor is used for extensions such as .cob, .cbl, and .cobol.
- Topaz-PL-I-editor is used for extensions such as .pli and .pl1.
- Topaz-JCL-editor is used for extensions such as .jcl.
- Topaz-REXX-editor is used for extensions such as .rex, .rexx., and .clist.
- Topaz-C-editor is used for extensions such as .c and .cc.
- Topaz Assembler editor is used for extensions such as .asm and .asm390.
- Topaz Text editor is used for all other extensions.
To change the default editor
A two-step process is used to change the default editor to be used when opening z/OS datasets and members with Host Explorer or in a Compuware mainframe project. The first step is to ensure that z/OS dataset and member name patterns (such as *.cobol.*) are mapped to a file extension (such as *.cbl). The second is to associate that file extension (*.cbl) with the -supported editor with which it should be opened (such as the Topaz COBOL Editor). Refer to z/OS Dataset Extension Mappings and Associating a File Extension to an Editor for instructions on changing the default editor.
To search for text
The Topaz Editors provide context menu options for searching within a workspace, project, file, or working set. Refer to the Eclipse documentation for information on this search functionality.