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Cobol syntactic analyzer to handle multiple ENTRY statements

Any ENTRY statement in a Cobol program is detected by the syntactic analyzer as unreacheable code when previous code contains a GOBACK. However, a program with an entry doesn't necessarily begin from the PROCEDURE DIVISION. Any ENTRY can be used a...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Make the margins for general editors work as suggested

When I use the COBOL editor, I can set a margin for maximum line length, that is checked when I try to save my changes. I get a warning when I override this setting. But when I use a general editor, I can set the maximum line length and check or u...
15 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Remote C/C++ Editor Development

Users have been asking to have two vertical rulers in the C/C++ Editor : 1 line for the end of the code (at 72 characters) and 1 for the end of the program file (80 characters). Moreover, as for the COBOL editor, a ruler at the top of the C editor...
5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Submitted

Add new feature to highlight cobol code beyond 80 column or show warning in editor and also editor in built decide maximum file length maximum based on pds member property

Add new feature to highlight cobol code beyond 80 column or show warning in editor and also editor in built decide maximum file length maximum based on pds member property. Currently if cobol code having 80 length opened editor it allows to type c...
29 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Allow copying the contents of files containing null characters

Currently, when a user copies the contents of a file by pressing ctrl+shift+a and then ctrl+shift+c, the expected behavior would be to get the entire contents of the file in your clipboard, likely replacing any nonprintable whitespace characters w...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Submitted

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