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Column indicator line in Cobol editor

A preference is available in LPEX. Customer would like the same in COBOL editor. It is:LPEX Editor -> z Systems LPEX Editor -> COBOL parser -> Controls -> Column indicator line -> check box: Enable a vertical line that indicates the...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Simplify rectangular block copy-paste in the COBOL editor

Currently, the COBOL editor allows the user to copy-paste a rectangular blocks of text. The user can activate the "block selection mode", then select a rectangular block and then copy it in the editor's clipboard. The issue comes when the user wan...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

"Toggle Comment" in the jcl editor

What I have expected - and what I need - was a function 'toggle comment' like it exists in the cobol editor. In this editor, it is bound to the same shortcut Ctrl+/ so I was a little bit puzzled and have mistaken 'Toggle Comment Continuation' with...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

PL/I editor - hover function

If a developer uses the PL/I editor to change a program, it is possible to hover over an %INCLUDE statement to see the content of that include member. Hitting F2 lets this window keep the focus and it is possible to look around in that include mem...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Program Control Flow fails on Cobol Editor error token

RDz Cobol editor doesn't tolerate the missing space and throws 'Error_Token unexpected tokens ignored' error. This in turn causes the Program Control Flow to fail. RDz COBOL editor behavior is inconsistent with the mainframe COBOL compiler where a...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

MVS Subprojects: Other description for Delete and Remove

In the MVS subproject context menu there are 2 items, that sound similar and may lead to unintended deletion of MVS Data Sets. 1. Remove... -> means "remove from project"2. Delete... -> means "delete MVS remote data set" (or "delete member f...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

PLI Editor: Transfer of the PropertyGroup assignment when editing a include from a program

The assigned property group on a program is considered for an include in the hover, which applies compiler settings when displaying the include content. If you would like to edit this include via the hover via the icon "Edit Include File", then th...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

print screen facility in Host Emulator

If you work on Z/OS from a PCOMM session, you can print the screen by clicking on the first icon: print entire screen or marker area.In the RDz Host Emulator, there's no print facility. The only way is to print the screen by clicking on PrtSc on t...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Unwanted Remote System Details view activation on connection

When the JES subsystem connects, the Remote System Details view is automatically activated and focused. Please make it an option so that we can disable this unwanted behavior.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

New Functions for RDz' Menu Manager

we need new functions for RDz' menu manager, so we can provide more comfortable functions for our developers without writing plugins oder using the sclm perspective.The functions are: - ?openfileafter, a member which is modified by a REXX procedur...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

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