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Add ISPF “COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR

Add ISPF ?COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Resolve Copybooks Within MVS Subproject Natively

Please refer to Service request number 56700,379,000. I understand the dilemma of what to do when the copybook is found in multiple subproject datasets (based on my use case) and my expectation is if that were to occur the user would get the simil...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Need Locate function in CARMA

Difficult to look for an element without the "Locate" function.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Simpler color corrections

As a developer, I would like to be able to make font/color adjustments while looking at my own code. The current method involves changing them when looking at some sample code in the preferences menu. Ideally, I would be able to change those setti...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Ability to customize color of find matches

allow the user to select a highlight background color on the 'Find Text" preference page (Window --> Preferences --> LPEX Editor --> System z LPEX Editor --> Find Text) where they are currently selecting the check box to "Highlight all...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

PL/I compiler options cut off

A client reports at https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/480466/how-can-i-get-all-of-my-pli-compiler-options-to-wo-3.html that they would like to use a long set of PL/I compiler options, but it gets cut off by IDz, forcing them to break up ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor

Rational Developers for System z proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor 1) Standard Proposals like Variables2) Templates3) SWT Currently, when you open open the proposal list in LPEX/Cobol Editor and ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

LPEX : Have a keyboard shortcut for Fill Selection

LPEX Editor in ispf modeHave a keyboard shortcut for Fill Selection, which can be found by right after clicking then Selected File Selection -> Fill Selection...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

LPEX : New preference for having Rectangle Selection

LPEX Editor in ispf modeHaving Rectangle Select be able to select one less character when using rectangle selection in LPEX Editor (ispf mode).
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Map Generator of IDZ 14.1 for PLI truncates comments of fields used to build PLI structure names

IDZ 14.1 for PLI - Map Generator Comments of Fields in BMS Sourcefiles are truncated to 7 chars. Therefore structure names are limited to 7 chars. BMS Source-Files that have been used on z/OS to generate PLI Includes with SDF-II on z/OS. We know, ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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