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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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After modifying and 'Refactor - Rename' does not prompt to save

After editing and using ?refactor-rename' feature, when you close your program, you are not being prompt to save your changes.If you ?refactor-rename' first and then edit, then you are prompted.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

RDz - Local History scope

When comparing or replacing the source code of a program with a particular version from its "Local History", it would be most useful for the scope of that "Local History" to be Mainframe-wide as opposed to Workstation-wide, or at least have an opt...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

File Manager - Allocate Data Set Wizard

Remove LOOKUP on DATA SET. In this box, you must enter a new name. There is nothing to lookup. Also, if I enter a name that already exists, I don't get an error message immediately. I don't receive the error message until I select FINISH. You shou...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Request for code review functionality for JCL files.

This is a request for added functionality to RDz. I would like to have code review functionality for JCL files like the code review functionality for COBOL files. The JCL code review component should reformat the JCL to certain standards. The comp...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDZ - ALLOCATE LIKE option

New Feature - After highlighting the dataset you want to mimick, the first panel should say ENTER NEW DATASET NAME or even betterconsolidate to one panel because this option can easily be accomplished with one panel
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

'Insert Before' option in 'File Manager'

Currently the only 'Insert Records' option is to insert after. This is request to add option to 'Insert Before'.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Load llibrary - PDS details - SHOW IN TABLE

The columns that are shown for a PDS containing load members (.exe in RDZ) should refelct the columns showin in spf for load libraries.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Refactor the common XML-converter parts in libraries/host modules to reduce each converters memory footprint

I recognized that every generated "SGW Entrprise" XML-converter contains same or very similar code. This common code could be extracted from the converter and placed into a central library. This is especially relevant for code that uses a lot of m...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

CARMA Generate from STAGE P

We would like the flexibiltiy of entering the values for STAGE and ENVIRONMENT for the CARMA GENERATE option
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

COBOL Call Stub Generator: COBOL Procedures have to be created in the source folder as configured on the project

Currently CSG creates the COBOL procedures in the <project_loc>/src folder. When using Maven as the build tool the source folder is typically located in <project_loc>/src/main/java. So after generating the stubs a manual step is requir...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

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