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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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[RDP] iProjects - Compare to File in LPEX-editor - autocompare to file on Remote System

System: RDPHeader: Compare to File improvement In RDP / LPEX Editor there is a feature to compare to a file. Using this feature is very helpful in many situations but also annoying because you have to set every time the location of the compared fi...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Add option to show indent for entire source member Shift-Ctrl-O

If you position your cursor on an if/endif or other kind of loop, RDi shows arrows and lines in the left margin to indicate where the loop starts and ends. It also documents begin/end within the top loop. I would like an option to mark the entire ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Rename, copy/paste, delete... options directly in the outline view

In the outline view, the rename, copy/paste, delete, etc. options on subroutines, fields, files, etc. For instance, right clic then delete on a subroutine name, delete all the code of the subroutine in LPEX. Another use is to be able to copy/paste...
over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Add procedure documentation to content assist

The documentation of a procedure should be displayed right next to the list of possible entries offered by content assist (ctrl+space) for the current code. Use Case: Procedure documentation may look like this: /** * \brief Create JSON Object * * ...
almost 15 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Not under consideration

Split Source support in RDi - any source type

Change so that source split keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+2, Ctrl+0, Alt+Shift+arrow) works with any source type. Use Case: We utilize atypical source member types to store SQL scripts, e.g., TABLE, SCRIPT, INDEX, SCHEMA, etc. As scripts become lengthy...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Merge facility should be provided in the file compare of RDp

My customer needs to constantly comparing files and merge them on a System i platform. These are currently done manually by copy and pasting on a greenscreen. I am trying to get them to use RDP for the job but they do not find it much faster manua...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Add new stop characters for nextWord and prevWord actions

Increase character tokens used to identify a "nextWord" or :prevWord" spot point to all punctuation and math symbol characters that are legal in RPG syntax. Use Case: If I create long variable names, function names and or function calls with long ...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Not under consideration

Distingusihing between Members open for edit and for browse in LPEX editor

When multiple members are opened in the LPEX editor pane, some in edit mode, some in browse mode, you cannot tell at a glance which is which. You have to click on the tab and look for the BROWSE term in the edit area. The request is to have someth...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

RDI User Actions

Please add the "User Actions" option to members in the Remote Scratchpad and the List in the resulting list of "Remote Serch" Use Case: We have very usefull user actions as "Push Live" and we are not using the Remote Scractc pad because we can't u...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

"Open Declaration" should actually open the declaration

When doing a "Open Declaration" on an externally defined procedure or field, RDi simply jumps to the line in the existing source where the procedure or field is imported. This is the easy way out and is not very helpful. Use Case: In the case of c...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration