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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>SPF/PC<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> was introduced by and successors sold by Command Technology Corporation. Similar to <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>'s <a href="/facts/Mainframe_computer/nrBR6rWa">mainframe</a> based <a href="/facts/ISPF/l5cfE5U3">ISPF</a> and is able to edit <a href="/facts/ASCII/vGUI33Qu">ASCII</a> and <a href="/facts/EBCDIC/qAhmvgj0">EBCDIC</a> text file as a complete integrated applications development environment (IDE). Typically used for editing source code, invoking compilers, linkers, and debuggers, in a variety of programming languages, such as <a href="/facts/COBOL/wVnhqs0k">COBOL</a>, <a href="/facts/Fortran/m1KqjcMU">Fortran</a>, and <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>. </p><p>64-bit Windows can't run SPF/PC (Will run under <a href="/facts/DOSBox/Du2egHYo">DOSBox</a>), but it can still be used on 32-bit Windows (e.g. <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a> or <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> in XP Mode).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <ul><li>Auto source code backup</li> <li>Auto save during edit</li> <li>Background/Foreground compiler and utility support<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>Edit small or large files (up to 1Gig)</li> <li>Edit ASCII and EBCDIC text files</li> <li>Command Line Interface (CLI)</li> <li>File browser with keyword colorization</li> <li>File manager</li> <li>File conversion utilities</li> <li>COBOL source code support</li> <li>Hex editor</li> <li>IBM (3270) and PC command keys</li> <li>IBM ISPF Style Panels</li> <li>Keyboard equivalents provided for all mouse operations</li> <li>Language line numbering support</li> <li>Language profile support</li> <li>Line, column and bounds oriented copy, cut, data shift, find, paste, sort with picture strings</li> <li>Line lengths (records) up to 64,000 characters in fixed or variable formats</li> <li>Line exclude, change, find, flip, locate, not-exclude</li> <li>Merge error files created by compilers into source code as notes (type of comment)</li> <li>Multilevel Undo and Redo</li> <li>Multiple sequential complex command execution - repeatable with exclude and not-exclude abilities</li> <li>Print file, screen or highlighted text</li> <li>Simple and advanced text/file find/replace (search through thousands of files for text)</li> <li>Sort file lists and text/data</li> <li>Sort A-Z, Z-A, bounding by columns, line labels etc.</li> <li>Split screen (horizontal and vertical)</li> <li>File and Directory comparison</li> <li>Support for DOS/Windows/Linux/Unix EOL and EOF markers</li> <li>User enhancements - add, create, modify dialogs, functions, menus and screens</li> <li>User definable fonts</li> <li>User definable editor color schemes including several 3270 schemes</li> <li>User definable file profiles including EOL, EOF, Line Length etc.</li> <li>User definable cursor, half page and page scrolling</li> <li>User switchable editor line numbers or not</li> <li>User definable keyboard and keyboard macros</li> <li>User modifiable help system</li></ul> <h2 id="macroscripting-language">Macro/Scripting Language</h2> <p>SPF/SE 365 uses a <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a> like macro/scripting language. </p><p>All versions of SPF have the ability to call any interpreter (<a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/BASIC/VYMl5TmA">BASIC</a>, <a href="/facts/Powershell/G1d10lwn">Powershell</a>, etc.) from within the editor allowing text processing and OS command calls. SPF/SE does not have the <a href="/facts/REXX/hAzh6FeR">REXX</a> interface that SPF/PC had. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor">SPF-Editor project on Github</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410040057/http://www.commandtechnology.com/">Command Technology Corporation web-site (archived)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.planetmvs.com/spfeditor/">List of ISPF-style PC editors.</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Editing with SPF/PC". Computerworld. September 19, 1988. SPC/PC uses .. extended or expanded memory <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"SPF/SE 365". Archived from the original on April 10, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410040057/http://www.commandtechnology.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180410040057/http://www.commandtechnology.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"SPF/2". edm2.com. May 26, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022. <a href="http://www.edm2.com/index.php/SPF/2" target="_blank">http://www.edm2.com/index.php/SPF/2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Michael Knigge (November 2, 2022). "SPF-Editor (formerly known as SPF/SE)". github.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022. <a href="https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor" target="_blank">https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"SPF/PC can use Extended Memory". PC Magazine. February 5, 1985. p. 270. <a href="/wiki/PC_Magazine" target="_blank">/wiki/PC_Magazine</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"SPF-PC1 DOS application started through the Windows ntvdm". July 16, 2020. Background information: ntvdm.exe NTVDM can run at startup. SPF-PC A 16-bit DOS application based on the mainframe editor ISPF editor. <a href="https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB75366" target="_blank">https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB75366</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"SPF/PC can use Extended Memory". PC Magazine. February 5, 1985. p. 270. <a href="/wiki/PC_Magazine" target="_blank">/wiki/PC_Magazine</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>