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Add functionality to the Cobol/JCL Editors

1) The following functions are available when using the Cobol/JCL Editor however they are not accessible from the context editor when right clicking on the source. Please make these functions available in the context menu of the Cobol/JCL Editor s...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

IBM Z Open Editor supports pseudo-SO/SI characters

Hello, Please consider functional improvements with regard to IBM Z Open Editor (VSCode). We would like to provide pseudo-SO/SI characters which are inserted for DBCS text so that record length and column alignment are the same as on an EBCDIC sys...
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Rexx syntax highlighting in IDz

IDz LPEX editor while editing rexx code also not able to recognize double quotes spanning multiple lineFor example - ISPEXEC "LMCOPY FROMID("COPYLIB") TODATAID("SONCOPY")FROMMEM("COPYNAME") TOMEM("COPYNAME") REPLACE" This is perfectly valid statem...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Not under consideration

IDz: Add the "Open Member" function to the JCL Editor

When viewing/editing a JCL member with the JCL Editor, the Context Menu should support the "Open Member" function. This function is available in the Context Menu when viewing/editing a JCL member with the LPEX Editor but not with the JCL Editor.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

Parenthesis are not highlighted in IDz COBOL editor (compared to TSO)

In TSO (ISPF editor), when parenthesis number is not rational (insufficient or in excess), the problematic parenthesis is highlighted in pink. In IDz (COBOL editor), there is no highlighted for this exact same problem. We wish we can have a clear ...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Future consideration

PL/I Formatter doesn't work if file is UTF-8

PL/I-Files with UTF-8 (e.g. german Characters)
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Open big sysout whith IDZ

We have sysout with 500000 lines or more, and we can't open it with IDZ. For big sysout it is possible to add a function for open it at line n, or for search an particular string and open it a this line ? An editor similar to "Editeur de donnée Sy...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 9 Not under consideration

Possibility to collapse/expand EVALUATE/IF/PERFORM statements for COBOL source

For the COBOL editor, today it is possible to expand or collapse a division, section or paragraph using the plus/minus icon in the left margin next to the division or section name. We would like to have the same functionality for EVALUATE, PERFORM...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Add an option to Refresh dependencies and SYSLIB automatically (in one shot) during Remote syntax check

Requested evolution :Refresh dependencies AND refresh SYSLIB automatically in one shot, during the Remote syntax check. For example, during Remote Syntax check, a window can be displayed, asking for several choice like :1/ "Refresh dependencies an...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 6 Future consideration

: Preprocessed lines in PL/I Editor should be colored like normal lines

After the local preprocessor is used to preprocess a PL/I file in the PL/I Editor, all lines that are changed by the preprocessor are colored dark blue. This is even true for statements that extend over more than one line, where the first line is ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

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