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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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ICAL Synchronous callout to MQ destination

Today we see an increasing demand from our IMS application developers to be able to reach out to applications outside the mainframe and wait for a reply. Many of these outside applications are housed in environments where MQ is a preferred way of ...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Allow for sub-second SSL_write when using Shared CTX

Since Shared CTX SSL_write() is always blocking from an application perspective, we must rely on the socket send timeout (SO_SNDTIMEO) to get control back should an event occur such as insufficient send buffer space. SO_SNDTIMEO is only granular t...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Run OLR through job batch

It would be useful to have the possibility to run OLR directly by job batch. The job has to be active during the whole reorganization.
almost 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 3 Not under consideration

Application Discovery: Add support duplicated section names on COBOL

Currently Application Discovery does not supportduplicated section names on COBOL, as they are saved into the database as a parent structure for the statements contained.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Shortcut to toggle the vertial line in the editor

We are using the PL/I editor and our developers who test IDz 14.0.0.5 like the possibility to have a vertical line for alignment of code - this is a big help. But they do complain about a missing shortcut to turn it on/off.It is too time consuming...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Allow editing in monitor with WRAP ON and long variables

Currently when a field cannot be fully displayed due to its length you can edit itonly when wrap is set off.However it is very uncomfortable to edit very long fields in such a way.When setting wrap on, you may not edit the field.Our request is to ...
almost 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add masks and status to the DTCD parameter

DTCD currently accepts one of two parameter values - a specific owner ID (the key to the file), or * for all. Judging by its response time (and the results when interrupter after a partial performance), DTCD * goes over the file, record by record,...
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Extend IDz editor for mass editing of Refactor function.

Hello In the IDz refactor option, there is a feature to remove noisy words. It works fine at each component level, but there is a future need to activate this noisy word for mass editing of multiple components at the same time. Please note this is...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

With IDz EST SOAP, allow Copy Books to be added from level >1 and allow Request/Response from different copybooks

With IDz Enterprise Service Tools SOAP bottom up method, allow the Copy Books to be "started" from level >1. Allow different copybooks to be used for Request and Response. This is the primary problem, but there were a few other limitations the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

Allow server.xml deployment in CICS bundles

Since TS 5.2 CICS has allowed jvm servers to be packages and deployed via bundle, along with its associated jvmprofile. For Liberty profile jvmservers, this support should be extended to likewise permit deployment of the associated server.xml file.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration