Use the Colors and Fonts preference
to set the default font for the COBOL, JCL, PL/I, and compare editors.
About this task
The
Colors and Fonts preference provides
a general setting for text in an editor. To customize the colors for
language elements in COBOL, JCL, and PL/I files, use the
Syntax
Coloring preference.
Procedure
- Click .
- Expand and click Colors and Fonts. The Colors and Fonts page contains a list
of categories for which you can set colors and fonts. Included in
this list are categories for COBOL, JCL, and PL/I, and Text Compare. You
can use these categories to set colors and fonts for the COBOL Editor,
JCL Editor, PL/I Editor, and the compare editors for each of these languages.
- To set colors and fonts for the COBOL Editor, JCL Editor,
or PL/I Editor:
- Expand the category for the editor for which you want
to set colors and fonts.
- Select one of these editors:
- COBOL Editor Text Font
- JCL Editor Text Font
- PL/I Editor Text Font
- Click Edit. The Font window
opens.
- Use the Font window to set the
font, style, size, and effects, and click OK.
Tip: To preserve column alignment in the editor,
choose a monospace font.
- To modify the font that is used to compare COBOL, JCL,
and PL/I files:
- Expand Text Compare.
- Select one of these editors:
- COBOL compare text font
- JCL compare text font
- PL/I compare text font
- Click Edit. The Font window
opens.
- Use the Font window to set the
font, style, size, and effects, and click OK.