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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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Remember file name in the Terminal Interface Manager panel * Specify TEST Run-time Option Data Set *

Customer has complained when using PF10 on the Terminal Interface Manager, the panel * Specify TEST Run-time Option Data Set * does not remember the data set name used for EQAUOPTS. For this customer we customized the EQAD3CXT module to use a pref...
almost 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DESCRIBE ALLOCATIONS

Is there a way to limit the result of the DESCRIBE ALLOCATIONS command to the STEP ou JOB for a batch applications ? The problem occurs only when starting the debug session using DTU option 2 and using the TSO session as 3270 interface for the deb...
over 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Improve debugging in an MPR environment with the EQAD3CXT exit

There are many challenges with using the EQAD3CXT exit in an IMS MPR. There are many IMS parameters that must be set correctly in order for the transaction to begin debugging. These parameters are NOT documented in the IBM Debug Tool publications....
almost 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

Improve Debug Tool Interrupt Capabilities

Interrupt Capabilities: Debug Tool needs the capability to stop after x number of calls to Debug Tool, and ask the user if they want to continue. Some languages offer the abiltiy to stop using the Attention key. However, this does not always work....
almost 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

Possibility to limit creation of large MVS filters

In RDz 9.5 and earlier version, it is possible to create on the RDz client a MVS filter that will return more than 200 000 elements. Such filters have an impact on the performance of the client and server.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Slow RDz response when opening programs in LPEX editor

RDz performance is slow when opening large programs
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

enhancement to auto-scroll in hover after PLI preprocessing

See PMR# 76529,010,678 When PL/I macro are used, it is necessary to use PL/I preprocessing for the real-time syntax check to correctly identify errors.Problem is that after preprocessing, %include files can be transformed into one block of include...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

General export facility to data presented in 'table views' in RDz

We would like to have general possibility to export data, when they are presented in 'Table views' in RDz. In some of RDz 's views export facilities are at hand and we would like to have this facility broadened to all table views RDz .
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Rational Developer for System Z- Citrix Certification and App Virtualization support

Certification of Rational Developer for System Z along with IBM Installation Manager on Citrix\XEN App environment and support for Rational Tools for application virtualization\application streaming via AppV technologies
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

PL/I %include statements combined into one by hover after pre-processing

After having run "identified using configured preprocessor" on a PLI program, %include statements are combined into block when hovering over it in the PL/I editor. A possible solution is a new PLI preprocessor option to not expand include files.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

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