COBOL MAIN MENU overview ISPF and the command line have advantages Claude and I are building out an ISPF-style main menu written in IBM COBOL 1.2.0 for Linux. It acts as a data-driven launcher for a suite of independent COBOL or python sub-applications, each living in its own sub-directory. A key design focus for this CLI application is to reduce friction for doing small tasks. Instead of loading a browser, finding a bookmark, loading the web-page, and reading through… https://felixquinihildebet.wordpress.com/2026/04/09/cobol-main-menu-overview/