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Though for some reason, the remote c++ editor will always paint the line on 80... though it works in other editors...
maybe a bug in remote c++ editor
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=468307
Under Eclipse preferences General > Editors > Text Editors,
you can set preferences for:
Show Print Margin and Print Margin Column...
which defaults to column 80, but you can change it to 72
Enabling this will add the vertical line on all editors, including the remote C++ editor
Show Print Margin, Print Margin Column,
In the case TS015954806, the following was added by the customer:
I'd just like to support this request because, up until now, we haven't paid much attention to C/C++ development on IDz and our "C" users have reminded us of this : they use IDz as much as possible and want to use it even more, but the current very stripped-down editor is a barrier.
From reading this box, I understand that you're not directly involved in the development of the C editor, that it comes from the Eclipse Foundation.
I'm not going to prejudge that, but I just know that C / C++ (or even Metal C) are languages promoted and supported by IBM's z/OS. Moreover we have IBM licences to use the compilers for these same languages.
What we're asking for here is just an editor that provides the minimum service of any graphical interface editor, so that z/OS users have sufficient ergonomics and basic functionality to develop in good conditions, just as for any of the languages in your ecosystem.
I'm afraid that even if we make you an Idea, it won't be considered or will take a long time to develop ... and that this will block the migration of some of our developers to exclusive use of IDz.
To manage C programms as best as possible, we need :
- a ruler at the top of the editor
- the line at the end of the actual code (column 72)
- the line at the end of the file after any comments (column 80)
- and of course parameters in "Preferences" to manage this
Thank you in advance for your support and feedback.