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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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FM - horizontal scroll bar should be independant of screen resolution

Currently, in order to see horizonal scroll bar in File Manager you need to have 1280 x 1024 pixels screen resolution. This is very fine fond for me, and I am sure for many people. The request is to make horizonal scroll bar independant of screen ...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Open the RDz Editor immediately after creating a new PDS member

When you create a new PDS member in RSE - as soon as RDz allocates the member, the new (empty) member should be opened in the editor. As a nice enhancement to this (enhancement) - if the z/OS File System Mapper has set the workstation file extensi...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RAA - 'Collect Inventory' selection to be saved for future use

In RAA when you 'Collect inventory' you define your criteria going through eight screens. These selections usually do not change. Every time I want to re-scan my resources I have to start from the scratch. Instead, all the data can be saved and pr...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

In COBOL editor, provide the same split screen function as offered in LPEX editor

Using COBOL editor, provide the function to split the screen the same way as in LPEX editor.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

request to have one Web service project including z/OS + EST + any other subprojects

When developing Web services, different type of projects are needed:- EST for the CICS and SOAP artifacts- z/OS for the COBOL sources- General projects for the WSDL files for example Developers have to switch from one view/perspective to another a...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 5 Not under consideration

In the alert during the saving of table DB2 do not take into account the empty lines

In the view " Dated source Explorer", when we modify the contents of a table DB2, if by mistake we ask for the insertion of a line and what we delete it later, at the time of the saving, a warning indicates us that a line is going to be deleted.Wo...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

FM - Performance Enhancement for 'Paste'

Currently it take a very long time for 'Paste' to be completed. We were explained that RDz 'talks' to host each time the (one) record has been 'pasted'.This is request to re-design the way this works.
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Show SQL results in the SQL Results view in the Data Pespective if Data Perspective is opened in a new window

Allow the result of running a SQL script be displayed in the SQL Results view associated with the Data Perspective even if the Data Perspective is opened in a new window.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Show SQL results in the SQL Results view in the Data Pespective if Data Perspective is opened in a new window

Allow the result of running a SQL script be displayed in the SQL Results view associated with the Data Perspective even if the Data Perspective is opened in a new window.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Option to download entire product bookshelves in addition to individual manuals

I would like to be able to download, via a single download, the entire grouping of PDF manuals related to a given product or "z/OS VxRyy and Software Products Collection", including an HTML index with the names of the manuals similar to the index ...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

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