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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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A Global User Exit for Program Check Recovery

Can we have a Global User Exit which is driven for program checks in a CICS region, similar to the PROGRAM_CHECK_RECOVERY mechanism which LE uses in its "shunt routines" to test pointers during its CEEDUMP processing. The consumer (probably an IBM...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Improve second failure data capture

Currently, when the IBM (and probably ISV) support centresneed to gather more documentation, they often go througha typical list of things that they want set.The customer then needs to implement those changes, recreate the problem and then reset t...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

ACS Enhancements

1. Associate file types to an application and be able to open the file in ACS.2. List directories and files like Windows and Navigator: The directories first in alphabetical order, then files.3. Drag and drop files from ACS to local directories.
over 7 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Personal communication for MAC (i/OS)

Is there a emulator like Personal Communication to connect to z/OS from IBM for MAC?
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Adding TWS Variables to the JCL Syntax highlighting.

The jobname is a TWS variable and the RDz generates an error message "Incorrect JOB name.". Other variables in the jcl are OK. For example date variables in dataset names do not generate an error message. The problem described in this RFE is that ...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Correct Picture Representation of Floating Point Numbers

When using picture specification to display a floating point number field, (for example P'(15)S9V.(4)9' output for a FLOAT DEC(16) variable), the output is not always accurate. The decimal portion is frequently wrong. For example, a number ending ...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Create Place Holder Icons

Provide the ability to add place-holder icons to display components that are not currently supported by AD
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Input Expected Trending into ADI

Allow us to input expected trends into ADI

DWC to allow building a TASK that can use greater than or less than

on job listing tasks, would like to have the greater than or less than option for columns like actual end time or deadline time.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

generate HTML doc from EGL code

in the menu "project", we have the possibility to generate "javadoc" but EGL developers want to generated "HTML document" for his egl code and not for the generated java code.Is it possible to replace or add for EGL guys a new menu "eglDoc"?
about 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Documentation 5 Not under consideration