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created August 26, 2005 · complexity basic · author musingattheruins · version 5.7


If you have used Vim with a Cobol file recently you probably noticed something. All the text is red. Yes. All of it.

I looked around on the web and saw other people complaining about it but no fixes so I started playing around with the cobol.vim file in the syntax folder. There is a simple fix:

Open the one of the two files depending on your platform:

C:\Vim\vim63\syntax\cobol.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim63/syntax/cobol.vim

Look for this section: it is line 126 in my vim 6.3 cobol.vim file:

if ! exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  " catch junk in columns 1-6 for modern code
  syn match cobolBAD "^ \{0,5\}[^ ].*"
endif

Comment the whole thing out so it looks like:

"if ! exists("cobol_legacy_code")
" catch junk in columns 1-6 for modern code
" syn match cobolBAD "^ \{0,5\}[^ ].*"
"endif

Should work OK after that.

Comments[]

Instead, put the following in your vimrc (see :help cobol.vim):

let cobol_legacy_code=1

> Does anybody have a cobol.vim that works with free-format COBOL and/or OO COBOL?

Here is the updated cobol.vim that I use locally.

" Vim syntax file
" Language: COBOL
" Maintainers: Davyd Ondrejko
" (formerly Sitaram Chamarty
" James Mitchell
" Last change: 2001 Sep 02

" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded

" Stephen Gennard
" - added keywords - AS, REPOSITORY
" - added extra cobolCall bits

if version < 600
  syntax clear
elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
  finish
endif

" MOST important - else most of the keywords wont work!
if version < 600
  set isk=@,48-57,-
else
  setlocal isk=@,48-57,-
endif

syn case ignore

if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  syn match cobolKeys "^\a\{1,6\}" contains=cobolReserved
else
  syn match cobolKeys "" contains=cobolReserved
endif

syn keyword cobolReserved contained ACCEPT ACCESS ADD ADDRESS ADVANCING AFTER ALPHABET ALPHABETIC
syn keyword cobolReserved contained ALPHABETIC-LOWER ALPHABETIC-UPPER ALPHANUMERIC ALPHANUMERIC-EDITED ALS
syn keyword cobolReserved contained ALTERNATE AND ANY ARE AREA AREAS ASCENDING ASSIGN AT AUTHOR BEFORE BINARY
syn keyword cobolReserved contained BLANK BLOCK BOTTOM BY CANCEL CBLL CD CF CH CHARACTER CHARACTERS CLASS
syn keyword cobolReserved contained CLOCK-UNITS CLOSE COBOL CODE CODE-SET COLLATING COLUMN COMMA COMMON
syn keyword cobolReserved contained COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTATIONAL COMPUTE CONFIGURATION CONTENT CONTINUE
syn keyword cobolReserved contained CONTROL CONVERTING CORR CORRESPONDING COUNT CURRENCY DATA DATE DATE-COMPILED
syn keyword cobolReserved contained DATE-WRITTEN DAY DAY-OF-WEEK DE DEBUG-CONTENTS DEBUG-ITEM DEBUG-LINE
syn keyword cobolReserved contained DEBUG-NAME DEBUG-SUB-1 DEBUG-SUB-2 DEBUG-SUB-3 DEBUGGING DECIMAL-POINT
syn keyword cobolReserved contained DELARATIVES DELETE DELIMITED DELIMITER DEPENDING DESCENDING DESTINATION
syn keyword cobolReserved contained DETAIL DISABLE DISPLAY DIVIDE DIVISION DOWN DUPLICATES DYNAMIC EGI ELSE EMI
syn keyword cobolReserved contained ENABLE END-ADD END-COMPUTE END-DELETE END-DIVIDE END-EVALUATE END-IF
syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-MULTIPLY END-OF-PAGE END-PERFORM END-READ END-RECEIVE END-RETURN
syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-REWRITE END-SEARCH END-START END-STRING END-SUBTRACT END-UNSTRING
syn keyword cobolReserved contained END-WRITE ENVIRONMENT EQUAL ERROR ESI EVALUATE EVERY EXCEPTION
syn keyword cobolReserved contained EXTEND EXTERNAL FALSE FD FILE FILE-CONTROL FILLER FINAL FIRST FOOTING FOR FROM
syn keyword cobolReserved contained GENERATE GIVING GLOBAL GREATER GROUP HEADING HIGH-VALUE HIGH-VALUES I-O
syn keyword cobolReserved contained I-O-CONTROL IDENTIFICATION IN INDEX INDEXED INDICATE INITIAL INITIALIZE
syn keyword cobolReserved contained INITIATE INPUT INPUT-OUTPUT INSPECT INSTALLATION INTO IS JUST
syn keyword cobolReserved contained JUSTIFIED KEY LABEL LAST LEADING LEFT LENGTH LOCK MEMORY
syn keyword cobolReserved contained MERGE MESSAGE MODE MODULES MOVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLY NATIVE NEGATIVE NEXT NO NOT
syn keyword cobolReserved contained NUMBER NUMERIC NUMERIC-EDITED OBJECT-COMPUTER OCCURS OF OFF OMITTED ON OPEN
syn keyword cobolReserved contained OPTIONAL OR ORDER ORGANIZATION OTHER OUTPUT OVERFLOW PACKED-DECIMAL PADDING
syn keyword cobolReserved contained PAGE PAGE-COUNTER PERFORM PF PH PIC PICTURE PLUS POSITION POSITIVE
syn keyword cobolReserved contained PRINTING PROCEDURE PROCEDURES PROCEDD PROGRAM PROGRAM-ID PURGE QUEUE QUOTES
syn keyword cobolReserved contained RANDOM RD READ RECEIVE RECORD RECORDS REDEFINES REEL REFERENCE REFERENCES
syn keyword cobolReserved contained RELATIVE RELEASE REMAINDER REMOVAL REPLACE REPLACING REPORT REPORTING
syn keyword cobolReserved contained REPORTS RERUN RESERVE RESET RETURN RETURNING REVERSED REWIND REWRITE RF RH
syn keyword cobolReserved contained RIGHT ROUNDED SAME SD SEARCH SECTION SECURITY SEGMENT SEGMENT-LIMITED
syn keyword cobolReserved contained SELECT SEND SENTENCE SEPARATE SEQUENCE SEQUENTIAL SET SIGN SIZE SORT
syn keyword cobolReserved contained SORT-MERGE SOURCE SOURCE-COMPUTER SPECIAL-NAMES STANDARD
syn keyword cobolReserved contained STANDARD-1 STANDARD-2 START STATUS STRING SUB-QUEUE-1 SUB-QUEUE-2
syn keyword cobolReserved contained SUB-QUEUE-3 SUBTRACT SUM SUPPRESS SYMBOLIC SYNC SYNCHRONIZED TABLE TALLYING
syn keyword cobolReserved contained TAPE TERMINAL TERMINATE TEST TEXT THAN THEN THROUGH THRU TIME TIMES TO TOP
syn keyword cobolReserved contained TRAILING TRUE TYPE UNIT UNSTRING UNTIL UP UPON USAGE USE USING VALUE VALUES
syn keyword cobolReserved contained VARYING WHEN WITH WORDS WORKING-STORAGE WRITE

" new
syn keyword cobolReserved contained AS LOCAL-STORAGE LINKAGE SCREEN ENTRY

" new
syn keyword cobolReserved contained environment-name environment-value argument-number
syn keyword cobolReserved contained call-convention identified pointer

syn keyword cobolReserved contained external-form division wait national

" new -- oo stuff
syn keyword cobolReserved contained repository object class method-id method object static
syn keyword cobolReserved contained class-id class-control private inherits object-storage
syn keyword cobolReserved contained class-object protected delegate
syn keyword cobolReserved contained try catch raise end-try super property
syn keyword cobolReserved contained override instance equals

" new - new types
syn match cobolTypes "condition-value"hs=s,he=e
syn match cobolTypes "binary-long"hs=s,he=e
syn match cobolTypes "binary-short"hs=s,he=e
syn match cobolTypes "binary-double"hs=s,he=e
syn match cobolTypes "procedure-pointer"hs=s,he=e
syn match cobolTypes "object reference"hs=s,he=e

syn match cobolReserved contained "\<CONTAINS\>"
syn match cobolReserved contained "\<\(IF\|ELSE|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>"
syn match cobolReserved contained "\<ALL\>"

syn keyword cobolConstant SPACE SPACES NULL ZERO ZEROES ZEROS LOW-VALUE LOW-VALUES

if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  syn match cobolMarker "^.\{6\}"
  syn match cobolBadLine "^.\{6\}[^ D\-*$/].*"hs=s+6
  " If comment mark somehow gets into column past Column 7.
  syn match cobolBadLine "^.\{6\}\s\+\*.*"
endif

syn match cobolNumber "\<-\=\d*\.\=\d\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolPic "\<S*9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolPic "\<$*\.\=9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolPic "\<Z*\.\=9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolPic "\<V9\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolPic "\<9\+V\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolPic "\<-\+[Z9]\+\>" contains=cobolMarker,cobolComment
syn match cobolTodo "todo" contained

if exists("cobol_mf_syntax")
  syn region cobolComment start="*>" end="$" contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
endif

syn keyword cobolGoTo GO GOTO
syn keyword cobolCopy COPY

" cobolBAD: things that are BAD NEWS!
syn keyword cobolBAD ALTER ENTER RENAMES

" cobolWatch: things that are important when trying to understand a program
syn keyword cobolWatch OCCURS DEPENDING VARYING BINARY COMP REDEFINES
syn keyword cobolWatch REPLACING THROW
syn match cobolWatch "COMP-[123456XN]"

syn region cobolEXECs contains=cobolLine start="EXEC " end="END-EXEC"

syn match cobolComment "^.\{6\}\*.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
syn match cobolComment "^.\{6\}/.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker
syn match cobolComment "^.\{6\}C.*"hs=s+6 contains=cobolTodo,cobolMarker

if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  syn match cobolCompiler "^.\{6\}$.*"hs=s+6
  syn match cobolDecl "^.\{6} \{1,8}\(0\=1\|77\|78\) "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
  syn match cobolDecl "^.\{6} \+[1-8]\d "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
  syn match cobolDecl "^.\{6} \+0\=[2-9] "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
  syn match cobolDecl "^.\{6} \+66 "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
  syn match cobolWatch "^.\{6} \+88 "hs=s+7,he=e-1 contains=cobolMarker
else
  syn match cobolWhiteSpace "^*[ \t]"
  syn match cobolCompiler "$.*"hs=s,he=e contains=cobolWhiteSpace,cobolTypes
  syn match cobolDecl "0\=[1-9] *$"hs=s,he=e-1 contains=cobolWhiteSpace,cobolTypes
  syn match cobolDecl "66 *$"hs=s,he=e-1 contains=cobolWhiteSpace,cobolTypes
  syn match cobolWatch "88 *$"hs=s,he=e-1 contains=cobolWhiteSpace,cobolTypes
endif

syn match cobolBadID "\k\+-\($\|[^-A-Z0-9]\)"

syn keyword cobolCALLs CALL CANCEL GOBACK INVOKE PERFORM END-PERFORM END-CALL RUN
syn match cobolCALLs "STOP \+RUN"
syn match cobolCALLs "EXIT \+PROGRAM"
syn match cobolCALLs "EXIT \+PROGRAM \+RETURNING"
syn match cobolCALLs "EXIT \+PERFORM"
syn match cobolCALLs "EXIT \+METHOD"
syn match cobolCALLs "EXIT \+SECTION"
syn match cobolCALLs "STOP " contains=cobolString

syn match cobolExtras /\<VALUE \+\d\+\./hs=s+6,he=e-1

" zero terminated strings eg: pic x(10) value z"My C String"
if exists("cobol_mf_syntax")
  syn match cobolString /z"[^"]*\("\|$\)/
endif

syn match cobolString /"[^"]*\("\|$\)/
syn match cobolString /'[^']*\('\|$\)/

if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  syn region cobolCondFlow contains=ALLBUT,cobolLine start="\<\(IF\|INVALID\|END\|EOP\)\>" skip=/\('\|"\)[^"]\{-}\("\|'\|$\)/ end="\." keepend
  syn region cobolLine start="^.\{6} " end="$" contains=ALL
endif

if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  " catch junk in columns 1-6 for modern code
  syn match cobolBAD "^ \{0,5\}[^ ].*"
endif

" many legacy sources have junk in columns 1-6: must be before others
" Stuff after column 72 is in error - must be after all other "match" entries
if exists("cobol_legacy_code")
  syn match cobolBadLine "^.\{6}[^*/].\{66,\}"
endif

" Define the default highlighting.
" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
if version >= 508 || !exists("did_cobol_syntax_inits")
  if version < 508
    let did_cobol_syntax_inits = 1
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
  else
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
  endif
  HiLink cobolBAD Error
  HiLink cobolBadID Error
  HiLink cobolBadLine Error
  HiLink cobolMarker Comment
  HiLink cobolCALLs Function
  HiLink cobolComment Comment
  HiLink cobolKeys Comment
  HiLink cobolCompiler PreProc
  HiLink cobolEXECs PreProc
  HiLink cobolCondFlow Special
  HiLink cobolCopy PreProc
  HiLink cobolDecl Type
  HiLink cobolTypes Type
  HiLink cobolExtras Special
  HiLink cobolGoTo Special
  HiLink cobolConstant Constant
  HiLink cobolNumber Constant
  HiLink cobolPic Constant
  HiLink cobolReserved Statement
  HiLink cobolString Constant
  HiLink cobolTodo Todo
  HiLink cobolWatch Special
  delcommand HiLink
endif

let b:current_syntax = "cobol"

" vim: ts=6 nowrap

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