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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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Increase max ordinals per chain chase ECB (RANGE Option)

The max interval of ordinals Recoup can chain chase per root ECB is 65535. This is very beneficial when chain chasing wide/shallow structures. Increasing this maximum would allow Recoup runtimes to further benefit from this support.
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Leverage Spare bits in FARF6 Addressing to support wider DBs

Currently 32 bits are reserved for a variable size ordinal number in an 8 Byte FARF6 address. With this layout, a FARF6 fixed file face type can have at max 4,294,967,294 ordinals allocated. There are currently spare bits available in the addressi...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

RDz proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor

Rational Developers for System z proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor 1) Standard Proposals like Variables2) Templates3) SWT Currently, when you open open the proposal list in LPEX/Cobol Editor and ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Database Development - Exporting SQL results into .xls file instead of .cvs

When I export SQL results, one of the options is to export into .cvs file. As soon as I open this file in Windows Excel and modify, I am being prompted to convert it into .xls file in order to save all functionality. Why not to export into .xls fi...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

File Manager - add option to export 'formatted mode' results into Microsoft Excel or other

When I open a file in FM using template or a copybook, I can see column names at the top and then rows of data (100 records). I would like to be able to export results (in that formatted mode) to Excel, or notebook. The same way as I can export SQ...
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

file manager clone all datasets and jcl for a specified system, by using z/os dla.

File manager should integrate information from z/os dla, to allow all data for a specified system (including jcl) to be cloned.
over 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Search for hex timestamp in load modules w/in RDz

Need to be able to search for DB2 timestamps in zOS load modules while browsing the load module in RDz on the workstation. Currently this is not possible due to lack of support for search with host code page
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Not under consideration

Extend PA Key Mapping in the Emulator

Customer would like to be able to freely map PA-Keys to align with existing emulator usage
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Enhance print tape labels function

1. Decrease the runtime required to print tape labels using the TLB command in FileManager.
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Ability to export Push-to-client configurations (Global & System) to All the systems regardless of Primary or Secondary

I have two or more LPAR's, lets say A004 & A020, in a sysplex. I try to export push-to-client configurations, whichever system(A004) is the defined as a primary.system in pushtoclient.properties file; only that system(A004) is showing Global c...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration