SPF/PC
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA SPF/PC is an MS-DOS-based text editor and file manager designed to have an interface that was familiar to those using mainframe SPF and ISPF.[1]
Later Microsoft Windows-based versions were named SPF/SE and SPF/SE 365.[2] A version for OS/2 named SPF/2 was also offered.[3] SPF/SE and SPF/SE 365 were released as freeware in 2022 after the death of Tim Tetiva, the author of SPF/PC and SPF/SE.[4]
Overview
SPF/PC[5] was introduced by and successors sold by Command Technology Corporation. Similar to IBM's mainframe based ISPF and is able to edit ASCII and EBCDIC 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 COBOL, Fortran, and C++.
64-bit Windows can't run SPF/PC (Will run under DOSBox), but it can still be used on 32-bit Windows (e.g. Windows XP or Windows 7 in XP Mode).[6]
Features
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Macro/Scripting Language
SPF/SE 365 uses a C like macro/scripting language.
All versions of SPF have the ability to call any interpreter (PHP, BASIC, Powershell, etc.) from within the editor allowing text processing and OS command calls. SPF/SE does not have the REXX interface that SPF/PC had.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Editing with SPF/PC". Computerworld. September 19, 1988.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SPF/SE 365". Archived from the original on April 10, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SPF/2". edm2.com. May 26, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Michael Knigge (November 2, 2022). "SPF-Editor (formerly known as SPF/SE)". github.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SPF/PC can use Extended Memory". PC Magazine. February 5, 1985. p. 270.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
