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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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Two jobs in a JCL

When you have two JOB cards in a JCL they both submits. But in IDz you only are present with the last jobnumber.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

No Field properties in BMS mask editor (browse mode)

No Field properties in BMS mask editor (browse mode) . Problem description and business impact When open the BMS mask editor in browse mode, it is not possible to get the field properties for e.g. input fields. This is only possible, when open the...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

PL/I-Editor - Copy/Paste Behaviour

When we have some lines with code starting on Column 1 we can select this lines and do an indent with the tab key. As you can see within the first video this indent operation will preserve Column 1 – so all characters beginning with Column 2 will ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

PL/I-Editor Right Margin Behaviour

Within the preferences of the PL/I-Editor you can enable “Disable Right Margin” and identifiy the Column for that margin (eg 73). With hat margin enabled we would like to see the same behaviour that you have with the LPEX-Editor – that means that ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 5 Not under consideration

PLI Editor - "Color Highlightning" for Conditional and Looping Statements

Our Developers would like to have different colour codes within the PL/I-Editor for Code Nesting. This feature should work WITHOUT using the pre-processor! Let´s take the following example: DO K = 1 TO 10; SELECT (AVALUE); WHEN (‘0') IF BVALUE = C...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

Add SYNC point call to DFSMSCE0

Enhance IMS and exit DFSMSCE0 to be called at transaction sync point and include fields (like flags to indicate sync point type and application program characteristics) to determine the status of application termination. Also, Include when IMS iss...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Suffixed version of DFHCNV

We would like to see suffixed versions of DFHCNV selectable by Initialisation Parameter just like any old CICS System Table. This would allow different tiers of CICS systems to use different DFHCNVxx load modules with potentially differing source.
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IMS V15 WADS support zHyperLink

IMS v15 WADS logging should use zHyperlink (ZHL) protocol supported by the DFSMS Media Manager I/O driver and ZHL for both reads and writes to boost performance. Background The IMS system software has exploited/relied upon the DFSMS Media Manager ...
almost 5 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 3 Not under consideration

RFE for IMS Signon Re-Verificatioin

Provide a run-time IMS parm in DFSPB000 that will allow both password and passphrase re-verification to be activated / de-activated more dynamically than coding the DFDSINTX0 exit routine to set the SCDPVER bit on in the SCD. Also, consider a type...
almost 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

DISABLE DTCN command is only honored if executed as the very first command issued in debug session

DISABLE DTCN and DISABLE CADP command is not honored if its issued during a debug session at a later point ( after STEP or GO with hitting a break point)
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration