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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...

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Improve authorisation model

Allow central access management:- Limit visibility of projects for users / groups- Disable / Enable features for specific users (e.g. no flow-chart)- ...

PL/I Impact Analysis

Provide full support for PL/I Impact Analysis Report (like available for COBOL)

Add Groups to any position of list - Command to be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File

Add Groups to any position of list. The Command should be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

Improve ASMA972U messages

This message provides absolutely no useful information whatsoever to determine the cause of the error. The statement number is totally useless as there is no indication what the source of that statement might have been. It could have been open cod...
over 11 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Delivered

Expand LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE functions based on new optional 2nd code page argument + Add new CODEPAGE() built-in function

To translate German umlauts, French as well as other special characters between lower- and uppercase we have to code TRANSLATE instead of or in addition to, because they are not covered by the existing LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE built-in functions. S...
almost 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Make XML normalization and and cleaning built-in functions available for EBCDIC (and other code pages)

We would like to have the built-in functions for XML normalization and cleaning (XMLCLEAN, WHITESPACECOLLAPSE and WHITESPACEREPLACE) available for EBCDIC – and other code pages – without making a detour over UTF-16. This includes the replacing of ...
almost 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

CSFE Status

CSFE status display For example: CSFE CHKSTSK=STATUS or CSFE STATUS
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Upgrade the IBM supplied CICS Reserved Word Table

It appears that IBM hasn't reviewed and upgraded the supplied CICS reserved word table for many releases (and versions) of COBOL. For example, OO syntax has been restricted under CICS for many versions of COBOL but the relevant words, such as INVO...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Retain "Software Analyzer" results after RDz restart

This RFE is for retaining "Software Analyzer" results after RDz restart. Also exported results should be able to be imported. A developer needs to be able to continue with the Software Analysis results the next day or any other occasion that a RDz...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

CTL-D dumps need the RHT

CTL-D dumps needed to have RHT (record hold table ) added to then to assist in problem determination.
almost 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered