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Jan-Erik Lärka

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Re: REXX IDE recommendations?
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2025, 11:08:18 am »
Hello Dan,

I like the newer eFTE v1.1 and MED.

REXX Tips & Tricks v3.60 contain a lot of useful info.

You may want to look at this post: Topic: REXX tutorials -- start developing applets under ArcaOS out-of-the-box
that contain a script that download and create program objects for rexx.

 1. REXX for the absolute beginner
 2. Rexx Reference Summary Handbook
 3. REXX Tips & Tricks v3.60
 4. Learning REXX Programming in 56,479 Steps
 5. OS/2 REXX. From Bark to Byte
 6. REXX Programmers Reference 2nd Edition
 7. REXX Tutorial
 8. A Practical Approach to Programming
 9. OS/2 2.1 Rexx Handbook (Warning! 321MB)
10. Extending the Workplace Shell with Object Rexx

Eugene Gorbunoff

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Re: REXX IDE recommendations?
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2025, 11:33:30 am »
MED for OS/2 is shareware. how to register it?

Dan Eicher

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Re: REXX IDE recommendations?
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2025, 12:15:59 pm »
I was wondering the same thing, as the registration is only $25.

So I wrote the email address in the docs.

I will reply back here, if I get an answer.

Paypal, now being the easiest option.

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Re: REXX IDE recommendations?
« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2025, 02:52:46 pm »
Not IDEs, but a couple of things I like are

1) rxshell.cmd is an interactive shell where you can type Rexx commands and execute them mmediately. Similar to the RexxTry.cmd that comes with OS/2, but better.  Archive name is rxshell.zip.  OS2site.com has it and I have just uploaded it to the HobbesArchive.com incoming directory.

2) RexxTool.cmd is a Rexx analyzer/error checker/formatter that I call periodically from my text editor. It indents and formats the code neatly and catches some common typing mistakes. Like "unbalanced parentheses at line N" or "missing END somewhere after line N". Also some suggestions about what I consider good programming practices. I like it, but that's because I wrote it. I'd be interested to know if other people find it useful.  You can find the current version at
http://hobbesarchive.com/?dir=%2F&stype=all&sort=type_name&search=RexxTool.cmd&submit=Search

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Re: REXX IDE recommendations?
« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2025, 07:50:56 am »
When I'm trying to do any REXX stuff, I use either MED or NEPMD.