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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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Uppercase Function should work in the first 7 columns

Uppercase function does not work in the first 7 columns. This should work for everything since the first 7 columns are used for tagging sometimes.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Lock the Find Window On

Want the ability to lock the Find Window as On in RDz.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Ability to access external help and update site through RDz by use of proxy script

Our users are not able to load the Help content or access the update site through RDz due to our environment which uses proxy script to access external site. The current roadblock delays our rollout plan of RDz to 400 other users. It is quite cumb...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Les tailles des fichiers s?quentiels sont exprim?es en octets.

Quand elle est affich?e, c'est ? dire pour les fichiers s?quentiels (voir RFE 21577), la taille est exprim?e en octet, ce qui n'est pas parlant pour un fichier MAINFRAME. Nous aimerions voir affich?e la taille en format MVS (TRK, CYL, ..)
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Provide ABSTIME format EIB Date/Time in EIB with task start

Provide ABSTIME format date/time at CICS transaction startup along with EIBDATE/EIBTIME. This could eliminate several ASKTIME calls that are issued not only by one or more application programs in a task but also by several of our TRUE/GLUE exits t...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add Playback Option in Debug plug-in

Would like to be able to use the Playback option in IBM Debug
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

JSF message components & EGL sysLib.setError()

The JSF Tag Attributes include errorClass,errorStyle,fatalClass,fatalStyle,infoClass,infoStyle,warnClass,warnStyle that can be associated with h:messages. EGL write to FacesMessage using sysLib.setError(). This method should be enhance to provide ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Not under consideration

Communication between IMS and CICS Using sunchronous and asynchronous transactions with ISC using TCP/IP

IMS 13 is proposing communicating with CICS using ISC with TCP/IP.Barclays Bank in the UK have a request to change the current design of this to allow both synchronous and asynchronous access.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Retrieved Data sets - add 'remove' function

This is request to add 'remove' functionality to 'Retrieved data sets' filter. I don't want to delete dataset from Remote system, all I want is to remove from the filter (the same way as you can remove from sub-project).
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

IBM Support Site

Explorer HELP to open Browser window.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration