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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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Add a property to display the last index creation time for a PDS

Add a property attribute to display the last lucene index creation timestamp for a pds.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Provide a row/column filter for the Table Editor in the Data Perspective

Most user testing DB2 tables contain well over 100,000 rows, and often 40 --> 200 columns. This make sthe Table Editor very much less useful. Many companies have clamored for this - as they feel the Data Perspective is a very useful part of RDz...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Allow DebugTool to be used with CARMA

Currently DebugTool cannot be invoked from a CARMA user-written RAM.This greatly impairs debugging.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Not under consideration

LPEX REXX Parser should handle DO & END Block as Matchable Bracket

In a REXX source, if I position myself on a DO keyword and issue CTRL+M (i.e. Matchable Construct) within RDz Z/OS LPEX the DO-END block is not recognized. Such it's quite difficult to recognize corresponding DO/END's. We consider this a REXX Pars...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Turn off notify boxes on updates and submits

The pop up boxes should be optional. In windows pref I should be able to tell the system that I don't want to see the pop up Boxes. This slow me down.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Display x'E0' as '\'(won)

This provides a new Lpex action call insertWon. To test the new function, bind the new action to the "backSlash" key in Preferences
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Extend Menu Manager to allow the use of application-related global variables

Similar to the capability provided in SPF to store profile variables, Menu Manager should be extended to provide similar functionality. This could allow parameters to be retained between sessions.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 10 Not under consideration

Link instructions should support the use of comments (*)

To increase flexibility, link instructions should allow the use of * (= comment) in column 1.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Extend CARMA to allow the user-written RAM to supply displayed parameters

Currently, the generated dialogs use either previously-entered values (retained between sessions) or nelyy values. In some cases it would be desirable to set the default (displayed) value based on the selected entry. For example, when a check-out ...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Allow more than 2 columns in dynamic variable substitution

Working with JCL procedures and dynamic variable substitution is very useful for more host integration in RDz. You can define more than 2 columns for a prompt, but not fill it. It would be helpful to use a third column for remarks without unnecces...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

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