GnuCOBOL Extension
This extension provide support for the GnuCOBOL language.
To summarize, this extension provides:
- Problem matchers for GnuCOBOL
- COBOL language based on the GnuCOBOL dialect
GnuCOBOL
The GnuCOBOL syntax is based on the reserved word list from current version, which is v3.1.2 as of 28th November 2021
Task: Single file compile using GnuCOBOL
The example below shows you how you can create a single task to compile one program using the cobc command.
This example is for GnuCOBOL 1-2.x, for GnuCOBOL use $gnucobol3-cob
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "Compile: cobc (single file)",
"type": "shell",
"command": "cobc",
"args": [
"-fsyntax-only",
"-I${workspaceFolder}\\CopyBooks",
"-I${workspaceFolder}\\CopyBooks\\Public",
"${file}"
],
"problemMatcher" : "$gnucobol-cobc"
}
]
}
Task: Breakdown of problem matchers
| Product and Version |
Tools |
Problem matcher(s) |
| GnuCOBOL 1-2 |
cobc |
$gnucobol-cobc |
| GnuCOBOL 3 |
cobc |
$gnucobol3-cobc |
| GnuCOBOL 3 |
cobc for warnings/errors/notes |
$gnucobol3-warning-cobc + $gnucobol3-error-cobc + $gnucobol3-note-cobc |
Online resources
Contributors
I would like to thank the follow contributors for providing patches, fixes, kind words of wisdom and enhancements.
- Kevin Abel of Lincoln, NE, USA
- Simon Sobisch of Germany
