Re: RNF0257

Hi Daniel,

strangely enough the characters are not shifted in 9.8, but they are in 9.9.

And I agree that they should be removed. I tried creating an RDi plugin
that would do that (asking Gemini for help) but it didn't work.

According to Gemini this is because the editor is in ASCII whereas the
sources are in EBCDIC.

For the time being I'll just rely on the work-around.

Thanks

Peter
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Op vr 20 feb 2026 om 12:30 schreef Daniel Gross <[email protected]>:

> This shift only looks like that - in fact LPEX tries to display those
> undisplayable chars, and fails.
>
> If you press backspace once - it should be only one step.
>
> Best practice is, to remove those color codes completely, as neither RDi
> nor VS Code can display it.
>
> HTH
> Daniel
>
>
> > Am 20.02.2026 um 12:20 schrieb Peter Colpaert <[email protected]
> >:
> >
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > the workaround suggested in the defect indeed solves the RNF0257 errors.
> >
> > I do notice that the comment-lines-with-codes are still shifted one
> > character to the left: the * is in column 6 instead of 7. Strangely
> enough
> > this doesn't trigger a syntax error, whereas it does if I manually put a
> *
> > in column 6.
> >
> > But for the time being my issue seems to be gone.
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Peter
> > --
> >
> > Peter Colpaert
> >
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
> > Op vr 20 feb 2026 om 08:13 schreef Daniel Gross <[email protected]>:
> >
> >> There is an unresolved issue with the parser:
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/defect/aCIgJ0000009zib/dt461825?language=en_US
> >>
> >> Also affects sources with national language characters.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >>> Am 20.02.2026 um 07:47 schrieb Peter Colpaert <
> [email protected]
> >>> :
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I switched to RDi 9.9 a few days after it came out, and I've noticed
> some
> >>> strange difference with 9.8.
> >>>
> >>> Our RPGLE sources contain lots of coloured comments (using low hex
> >>> characters) and since upgrading to version 9.9 these are flagged with
> the
> >>> errors above when validating or even when editing source. Automatic
> >> syntax
> >>> checking is on.
> >>>
> >>> Also the lines where such colour codes are present, are shifted one
> >>> character to the left, which I think is causing the errors.
> >>>
> >>> Compilation does work so it's clearly a parser and/or verifier problem.
> >>>
> >>> The exact same source will validate just fine in 9.8.
> >>>
> >>> I compared the configurations for both versions of RDi but can't find
> any
> >>> difference. FWIW I copied my 9.8 workspace for use in 9.9.
> >>>
> >>> Any clue as to what I can do about this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>> Peter
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> >>>
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