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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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recovery for files edited with carma quick edit

when editing in RDZ 9.5.1 or earlier a member from CARMA, there is no recovery for the file.and no history .
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Issues with DLI Batch Backout and Checkpoints

Current Situation The situation is: IMS 12.1, batch jobs running in DLI mode, dynamic backout is not enabled, no IRLM, no RSR tracking, DBRC is Force, databases are registered to DBRC, application program takes checkpoints. Our normal procedure is...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 3 Not under consideration

Debugging with MFI in a CICS PLEX environment

When debugging from 3270 interface (MFI) and setting a transaction for debug, you must first determine in which region the transaction will be run. This does not work well with the CICS solution for high availability where the transaction is being...
almost 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Change PopUp Cursor

When i use Subfile with Popup the code for the PopUp Picture is:<img src="/HELLWEB/common/images/validValues.gif" onclick="popup('HATSForm_in_1724_1')" alt="Werte..." onmouseover="this.style.cursor='hand';">It would be better when you could ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Planned for future release

CICS Explorer Ability to Add View Links via plugin_customization.ini File

Allow CICS Explorer (CEX) Admins to pre-load CICS Explorer installation view(s), by adding "view links" in the CEX plugin_customization.ini file
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

XML Parse with COBOL and XML System Service - better design to avoid truncated XML element content

Current situation:------------------Extra COBOL program logic for every XML element content is necessary to check for split content and to concatenate pieces of content for this case. Enterprise COBOL V5 is running with z/OS XML System Service to ...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Request IBM to add EXPRTIME= for IMS Fast Path transactions

When Fast Path transactions are not processing quickly enough they can back up in IMS, increasing the storage utilized to contain control blocks associated with them. If an IMS expiration value is set, transactions that aren't processed before tha...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 0 Not under consideration

Support for SOSI pseudo characters in z Systems Data Editor

I don't see SOSI pseudo characters when opening a dataset in z Systems Data Editor.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

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

Allow jumping to specific point in flowchart from the source code

Allow jumping to a specific location in the flowchart based on the source-code (e.g. by double-clicking a statement / line)
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration