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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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z/OS Remote System connection Export/Import

Currently the z/OS Explorer allows you to export all of your host connections that are non-rse (remote system explorer). This means that all RSE connections need to be manually entered on any secondary installation of IBM z/OS Explorer.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Not under consideration

Push to Client of Local property groups

The Push to client feature gives the opportunity to distribute the standard property groups to the developer's workspace. The local property groups are ignored.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Provide program interface to CEDF ON/OFF

Provide a method to both inquire and set the terminal's CEDF status so that EDF can programmatically be turned off.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Have Personal Communications ignore Line Breaks during paste

Currently Personal Communications has the ability to ignore line breaks when pasting data into a VT Session. We would like the same capability when pasting in to a TN3270 session.This is a feature available with the Product we are replacing with P...
over 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Not under consideration

Command to display Regions with PWFI=N

Please provide an IMS command to easily list all regions/MPRs that are running based on PWFI=N or PWFI=Y.
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Not under consideration

Add PERFORM SHUTDOWN parms to set next auto start to COLD or INITIAL

Add the optional parameters COLD and INITIAL to PERFORM SHUTDOWN to set the next non-emergency start to COLD or INITIAL in the global catalog. Setting either parameter would also avoid the overhead of writing the warm keypoint. Note that COLD or I...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Add ability to copy/paste text file with null character in RDz editors (Cobol)

RDz editors (Cobol, etc) do not have a way to allow cut/paste beyond a null-terminated string.When pasted into RDz, the file is truncated at the null-terminated line.Notepad editor replaces nulls with spaces and that is why it works in notepad. Ca...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

User storage related to CICS/TS Association Data

Our monitoring software needs access to storage which is available to all individual CICS transactions within a unit of work, regardless of whether the transactions execute in a single CICS region or multiple connected CICS regions.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

AddBatch SQL support for Inserts

Customer measurements show that INSERT SQL statements are much slower than DLI Path Calls executed with the Universal Drivers. Customer likes to have addBatch support for speeding up SQL Inserts.
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Not under consideration

Return Home Procedure improvement

CHINA MENTCHANTS BANK is using GDPS/MGM 3.13 3-site with IR function now. We use GDPS/MGM Return Home procedure to do planned site switch. We have the requirement to keep SITE2 data as a golden copy, but current procedure doesn't support. Could GD...
over 6 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

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