Method and system for editing column oriented programming language statements

摘要

For a program statement editor, a method for editing column oriented programming language statements presented to a user on a display screen, comprising: providing a template description defining one or more statement types; and, providing a graphical user interface ("GUI") for editing the statements individually, the GUI having one or more editable fields corresponding to a statement type of an individual statement defined by the template description, the GUI adapted to receive content for one or more of the editable fields from the user to define the individual statement.