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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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FIND Function in COBOL Editor

Some users tells us that the "find" function isn't easy between occurrences in COBOL Editor and, for example, when they have two tabs open for differents files : a search on a tab "delete" the options on the other one. There is no functional F3 / ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enhancement request for the data editor for adding filter and multi line functions

This request is to add functionality like the following ISPF functions : X ALL - excludes all lines from displayX ALL 'abc' - excludes all lines from display containing 'abc' somewhereX ALL X'10278F' 1 - exclude all data lines containing the packe...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

IBM Z Service Management Explorer should retain state between login sessions

In cases where users are voluntarily or involuntarily logged out of IBM Z Service Management Explorer, upon their return they should be able to go right back to where they were when they logged off, without losing their place - e.g. have the optio...
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Customer would like to place the DD statements in JCL other than programmer name field to specify at JOB level

When customer would like to specify date/time in JCL at JOB level, Hourglass only support to set it in the programmer name filed. However customer currently use the programmer name filed for another purpose. This is the request to provide another ...
over 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Undo is not possible on replace noise words function

When we edit a source within noise words, we cannot undo the action and there is no marker left for us to see the change in the edited file.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Add a switch which can toggle set or not those 2 jsse2 providers in HODJSSEImpl

We found the below 2 lines of code in class com.ibm.eNetwork.security.ssl.HODJSSEImpl will impact to other HTTPS connecitons in same JVM. //Security.setProperty("ssl.SocketFactory.provider", "com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketFactoryImpl");//Security.setProp...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Planned for future release

No explicit CLEAR LOAD after stepping in DebugTool

Module, loaded with SET QUALIFY LOAD, disappears after F5 . I set a breakpoint in a module which has to be loaded first. So I made a SET QUALIFY LOAD SECI002 and a LDD SECI002 Now I see the module in the Modules View. After pressing F5, the module...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Currently zUnit with IDZ 14.2.2 does not support this case: the list of files are opened in other programs..

We have tested zUnit on simple standalone batch loads however we are now trying to create test cases for individual programs (csects) with a load module. We are getting file open errors in the case where the main program has the open for the file,...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Not under consideration

Option to have EXPRTIME produce WTO

Provide an option to write out a WTO when a transaction expires due to EXPRTIME, in addition to the current option of whether to take a U0243 ABEND or not. We also want to be able to catch all transactions that expire, not just the ones executed v...
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

RPP - Segment - impossible to get information out of the tool

Within RPP it is impossible to extract or cut and paste the layout description of a Segment so it could be processed further for Designs or documentation outside RPP. Cut and paste on the Screen is not enabled, thus denying easy Access.When extrac...
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

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