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COBOL Program navigation using keyboard shortcuts.

Add functionality to the LPEX editor to allow users to use keyboard shortcuts to jump to COBOL paragraphs as well as jumping back to the parent paragraph.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Need a way to inhibit and resume CARMA connection

We have Endevor maintenance task that need all users to leave Endevor, such that we can perform the batch job such as reorg, backup, etc. In ISPF we can do this by inhibit the Endevor panel, or even force users to logoff from TSO. With introdcing ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

The LPEX opens some members in packed format

Some members of PDS datasets (JCL, LOAD, PARAM) were edited using the option PACK ON under MVS.. The LPEX opens these members in packed format, not readable. We cannot issue the command PACK OFF under RDz
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Extract To function should not be tightly coupled to CARMA view and MVS subproject

The "Extract To" function is a neat feature that allow developers to associate program modules to the CARMA source control (Endevor in our case). However, this function is so tightly coupled that it severely limits its usage. 1) It ties to a parti...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Future consideration

Managing preprocessor variables in PLI

Possibilitiy to manage different sets of preprocessor variables regarding the PLI editor. Might also be valid for other langauges using preprocessor facilities.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Outline possibility to hide procedure constructs ie. do, select and other?

From RDz 8.5 the outline view has been enhanced greatly, including a-z ordering, hide of different parts of the outline content(includes, labels etc.) however their exists no functionality which can hide the "program structures" elements. Looking ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Future consideration

Enhance CARMA version history view

The "CARMA version history" view should be enhanced to break down different fields into separate column for easier reference, rather than combined all into a single "Comment" column.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

RDz support open copybook inside Assembler program

Support open copybook member in context menu in Assembler program, same as Cobol.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

Multi Connecttions to LPARs

We run RDz and PD tools in an environment with 8 LPARS, leading to many connect per user of which we have up to 200.We therefore suggest an option in RDz and PD tools infrastructure to enable reuse of connection setup.We have password synchronizat...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

RDz Editor and Templates and Snipppets

We think it could be an advantage to:<br />- enhance the editors handling of insertions by allowing the user to specify positions. E.g. /* ${subroutineName}${70}*/, where {70} pinpoint location of next character insertion.?<br />- the ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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