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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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Enable I-stream specific SMP entry routing by message prefix ZIS1.

Provide a method to allow the TPF operator to direct SMP Z-entries to a specific named I-stream.This might be implemented by using a message prefix i.e. ZIS1.ZDECB OLD ALL If the user specified i-stream 0 (zero) then TPF should schedule the entry ...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

TPF Tool command support creation of tpf connection

Increase the abilities of TPF Toolkit command line interface to support the creation of a TPF connection along with the ability to create program registration session. Also, to register and unregister a session from the command line.
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

Freeze/Fix the top n lines of the report (header) while scrolling through the rest of the report

The ability to freeze or fix the top n lines of a report when viewing using the ISPF interface. There is currently the functionality to temporarily FIX a desired number of lines which is a command that has to be entered every time the report is vi...
about 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ZRECP DUMP processing and Selectice Dump Trace

ZRECP DUMP uses Selective Dump and Trace to dump out relatively small chunks of data for each Lost Address and writes it to the RTL Tape. If the RFE to change the output tape is every acted upon then the code needs to be changed to do some blockin...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Allow CTAL functions to be excluded from C function trace via a user config file

Often C function trace is populated with trivial CTAL function calls that record the fact an application has read a global field, issued a levtest or CINFC call. Some applications call these functions very frequently so often +30% of C function tr...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Availability of EGL Grammar

RBDe itself does not come with any feature to automate static code analysis for EGL, which is an extremely important feature. At a minimum, EGL grammar can be made available for customers, whereby they can explore options to use it with open sourc...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

#line directive causing source to not be intermixed in ASM listing

Sometimes C source code is embedded within generated pseudo assembly listings via the LIST option, like: 00012E 50D0 E004 000008 | ST r13,4(,r14)000132 18DE 000008 | LR r13,r14000134 End of Prolog 000009 | * { 000010 | * return foo();000134 58F0 3...
about 8 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Not under consideration

Loop shadow variables

In many fields it's common to process daily/weekly/monthly/yearly data and compare said data with data of the previous period.
about 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Add authorized user and concurrent user license counting to HATS

HATS currently keeps track of telnet connections, over time. This may or may not equate to concurrent usage. It certainly doesn't equate to authorized usage. The request is to add to HATS, the ability to track usage on both a concurrent user and a...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

Modify the default CSS files for RUI

in the CSS file (basic.css) that is being created by default under the RUI project (com.ibm.egl.rui), for some reason, It specifies the margin-right: 18px for the class EglRuiDataGridHeaderLabel .EglRuiDataGridHeaderLabel { overflow: hidden; margi...
about 8 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 1 Not under consideration