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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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Help search should be improved to return better (collated) results

In some cases the Help search does not return help pages that contain the specified search term. The returned items should be better weighted according to their relevance.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

One-to-many mapping

One-to-many mapping (i.e. Map COBOL data for multiple XML elements and vice versa). Mapping of data should allow the ability of One-to-many relationships to occur when each record may have many linked records in but each record in requires only on...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

The prompt to update existing system property groups should indicate which property groups have been updated

The prompt to update existing system property groups should indicate which property groups have been updated
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Improved RADz MOVE logic

Allow user to provide additional logic for MOVE (i.e. only MOVE the data if certain criteria matches)
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Possibility to switch off content assist in Rdz Lpex

Possibility to switch off content assist in Rdz Lpex for performace reasons
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Generate a job using customized procedures

Similar to the facilities offered by COBOL, it should be possible to generate a job using customized user procedures.COBOL, for example, offers 3 procedures (ELAXFCOC, ELAXFCOP and ELAXFCOT) that can be selected as required.A similar facility shou...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

APAR or PTF number listed in RSE joblog

Currently, only levels of HHOP750 appears in RSE joblog. The customer expects to also have the APAR or PTF number that causes the change.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

IMS DLIModel utility plug-in's capability to access PDS if it is installed onto RDz

When creating a new IMS SOAP Gateway project, user has an option to import source files from "Remote" location (files reside in PDS on z/OS). IMS customers want to have the same function in DLIModel utility when they installed DLIModel utility on ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Field length in debugger

When Debugging, I can see the value of the variables that are in the statement that is being executed, and I can monitor any variable that I care to monitor. But I can not see the length of the field anywhere. There are times that we use the LENGT...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Need to be able to access CA-View from RDz

Provide the ability to access the CA-View product from RDz. Currently, JES information is rolled in to a product called CA-View after 24 hours. After the jobs are placed in CA-View, the programmers no longer have the ability to view the job's outp...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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