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Support for DBCS characters with Host code page:IBM-1399/Local code page:CP943 in z Systems Data Editor

Support for DBCS characters with Host code page:IBM-1399/Local code page:CP943 in z Systems Data Editor.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Comment -- colors

In the PDP Editor, I would like to be able to configure the color of DB2 comments. In the attached image, you'll see the DB2 comments in red boxes. They look like all of the other code in working storage. Can -- be recognized and highlighted?
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Future consideration

DSGVO

If you open files on the MVS-System and close the IDE, the files are *not* recovered after restarting it. Tabs are open but without content.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Extend IDz editor for mass editing of Refactor function.

Hello In the IDz refactor option, there is a feature to remove noisy words. It works fine at each component level, but there is a future need to activate this noisy word for mass editing of multiple components at the same time. Please note this is...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Ability to override PARMs in ELAXFMFS proc through IDz Property Groups

Our IDz users, who use the IBM supplied ELAXFMFS proc, have let us know that they're unable to override the PARM specification (in this ELAXFMFS proc) through IDz. Typically, for all other ELAXF* procs, they're able to override PARMs using IDz ‘Pr...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Future consideration

The shift code containing a 2-byte character string is not correctly recognized on IDz

When developing a program or JCL in the IDz environment, the shift code containing a 2-byte character string is not correctly recognized and processed.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Enhance COBOL Save Actions for Copybooks

Have a look at the Save Actions page for the COBOL editor: Under "Copybook Files" there are only 2 options (whitespace / format). This suggests, only these 2 options are configurable for copybooks. In reality also all settings under "Source Files"...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Enhance File compare results

Have a look at PMR TS003751098 for reference. In cases of changes in some lines the compare utility sometimes show inserts and deletes instead of a change. This is often much more difficult to understand. Most other compare tools do much better, j...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Not under consideration

Add column search filters to Data Elements View

We'd like to have more advanced search filters in the Data Elements View: Currently you're only able to search within the "Name" column but we'd like to search / filter also in other columns like "Declared in" etc...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Formatting of code when tooling fails

The codeformatter for PL/I doesn't work if tooling fails.It would be nice if we could mark some lines and be able to format those.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration