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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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CESN DFHSNP accepting signon data via CINIT DATA

Allow CESN DFHSNP to receive Signon data via CINIT DATA passed in the VTAM session. Then only present the signon screens if signon cannot be completed.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

cursor position in file plugin PDTOOLS V12

When you enter a file Z / os, the cursor is in position 1, but the plugin is under the cursor is in position 0. Thank you to upgrade the plugin to start the cursor postion 1
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Format-2 Globals data collection enhancement

currently ztpf data collection reports statistics for syncc format-2 globals. requesting this reporting be extended to non-syncc format-2 globals. Please consider making this data available through continuous data collection as well.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Future consideration

EST Bottom-Up support for unbounded arrays

Generating webservices for the CICS in RDz is done by using the Enterprise Service Tools (EST) features.It supports two different approaches, top-down and bottom-up.The top-down approach is based on a constructed WSDL file and support unbounded ar...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

RDz 9.0.1 The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way.

The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way. When you select something in the Outline view the JCLin the editor repositions to that location in the JCL as expected. When you reposition the cursor (current li...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

enhance conent assist in RD/z

I have enclosed three files showing what I mean: SyntaxIndexRDZa - showing Ctrl+space after typing "index" in the editor - not a Whole lot of help for the syntax for index. SyntaxIndexRDZb - showing Ctrl+space after typing "index(" in the editor -...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Not under consideration

Set EIBERR if terminal is no longer usable

If a CICS terminal suffers a TERMERR condition and/orsuffers a Terminal Control abend, the manuals say thatthe task must no longer issue TC commands.But there's no mechanism for an application to determinethat the task is in that situation (other ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

enhance Lookup view to provide more functionality

We have as an examlple MVS7Quicref that looks like RDz Lookup view. In RDz you can dubbleclick on a message and right click to show it in Lookup. But this is not true with IBM's PLI compiler messages and for that matter the PLI language reference....
over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Long compile time with -qsmp=omp for non-openmp files

XLC enforces -qhot optimization steps with -qsmp=omp option even for non-OMP source files, making the compile time unnecessarily long for such cases. The -qsmp=omp compile time issue becomes a dramatic problem because in user's makefile, the optio...
over 10 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 6 Not under consideration

Process a Fast Path Secondary Index as a Database

We would like to perform an ACBGEN of a PSB if the only PCB within that PSB is for a Fast Path Secondary Index.
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

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