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{{short description|PC-based text editor imitating mainframe ISPF}}
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'''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]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Computerworld
   |title=Editing with SPF/PC 
   |quote=SPC/PC uses .. extended or expanded memory
   |date=September 19, 1988}}</ref>

Later [[Microsoft Windows]]-based versions were named SPF/SE and SPF/SE 365.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=SPF/SE 365 |url=https://www.commandtechnology.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410040057/http://www.commandtechnology.com/|archive-date=2018-04-10|access-date=2022-11-02}}</ref> A version for [[OS/2]] named SPF/2 was also offered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edm2.com/index.php/SPF/2|title=SPF/2|date=2022-05-26|website=edm2.com|access-date=2022-11-02}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor|title=SPF-Editor (formerly known as SPF/SE)|author=Michael Knigge|date=2022-11-02|access-date=2022-11-02|website=github.com}}</ref>

==Overview==
SPF/PC<ref name=SPFpcBG.PCw>{{cite magazine  |magazine=[[PC Magazine]]
   |date=February 5, 1985  |page=270
   |title=SPF/PC can use Extended Memory}}</ref> was introduced by and successors sold by Command Technology Corporation. Similar to [[IBM]]'s [[Mainframe computer|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).<ref>{{cite web
|date=July 16, 2020 |url=https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB75366
|quote=Background information: ntvdm.exe NTVDM can run at startup. SPF-PC A 16-bit DOS application based on the mainframe editor ISPF editor.
|title=SPF-PC1 DOS application started through the Windows ntvdm}}</ref>

==Features==
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* Auto source code backup
* Auto save during edit
* Background/Foreground compiler and utility support<ref name=SPFpcBG.PCw/>
* Edit small or large files (up to 1Gig)
* Edit ASCII and EBCDIC text files
* Command Line Interface (CLI)
* File browser with keyword colorization
* File manager
* File conversion utilities
* COBOL source code support
* Hex editor
* IBM (3270) and PC command keys
* IBM ISPF Style Panels
* Keyboard equivalents provided for all mouse operations
* Language line numbering support
* Language profile support
* Line, column and bounds oriented copy, cut, data shift, find, paste, sort with picture strings
* Line lengths (records) up to 64,000 characters in fixed or variable formats
* Line exclude, change, find, flip, locate, not-exclude
* Merge error files created by compilers into source code as notes (type of comment)
* Multilevel Undo and Redo
* Multiple sequential complex command execution - repeatable with exclude and not-exclude abilities
* Print file, screen or highlighted text
* Simple and advanced text/file find/replace (search through thousands of files for text)
* Sort file lists and text/data
* Sort A-Z, Z-A, bounding by columns, line labels etc.
* Split screen (horizontal and vertical)
* File and Directory comparison
* Support for DOS/Windows/Linux/Unix EOL and EOF markers
* User enhancements - add, create, modify dialogs, functions, menus and screens
* User definable fonts
* User definable editor color schemes including several 3270 schemes
* User definable file profiles including EOL, EOF, Line Length etc.
* User definable cursor, half page and page scrolling
* User switchable editor line numbers or not
* User definable keyboard and keyboard macros
* User modifiable help system
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==Macro/Scripting Language==
SPF/SE 365 uses a [[C (programming language)|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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==External links==
*[https://github.com/michaelknigge/spf-editor SPF-Editor project on Github]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180410040057/http://www.commandtechnology.com/ Command Technology Corporation web-site (archived)]
*[http://www.planetmvs.com/spfeditor/ List of ISPF-style PC editors.]

[[Category:Windows text editors]]