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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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Activate Content Assist on more member types

It would be nice to be able to use Ctrl+Space (content assist) in member types like DSPF, PRTF and maybe even DDS PF. Use Case: In RPG we can get a list of op-codes or other standard code items by using the content assist feature. DSPF/PRTF member...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

Create plugins for eclipse Classic instead of doing your own version of eclipse for RDI.

RDI is at the moment not able to install correctly without errors on macOS Big Sur. It even required you to change chmod on install directories to just get it startet. Eclipse Classic has no problems with this, it also has a much more smooth insta...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Have compile action always available

When you have a source member(s) open and the cursor is not active in the active source member and you use Ctl+Shift+C just compile the active source member. Currently it is grayed out and thus, annoying. Use Case: I'm editing a source member, cli...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Tooltip for CL-Variables in Debug-Mode

In RPGLE the debugger is capable to show the contents of variables in a tooltip by selecting and hovering over its name. This functionality does not work for CLLE. Use Case: Any CLLE-program that needs to be debugged.
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Elminate excessive alarm sounds during entry of CL source

When entering a CL command and typing beyond column 80, an error sound is triggered for each character typed. This is superfluous when "Automatic formatting" is enabled as the text will not be truncated once the formatting takes place. The consist...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Not under consideration

Include Left Hand Indicators in Outline

Please include Left Hand indicators in the Outline. they currently don't get picked up. Use Case: .
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Future consideration

Optionally Show Hover Text in Fixed-Width Font

RPG is coded in a fixed-width font, including comments. This allows multiple lines to have data line up in the same place, including in comments. However, when those comments are shown in hover text (e.g. for prototypes) they're shown in variable-...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

RDi CL formatting for declaring variables with defined storage

Add a preference to indent DCL statements for variables with STG(*DEFINED). Use Case: Declare an incoming parameter for a qualified object and then declare the object name and library. With the indentation it would look similar to the following: d...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

RDi don't move cursor on mouse scroll

Don't move the cursor when the code is scrolled with the mouse wheel. All the other editors I've used leave the cursor alone and easily scroll back to the original location when typing or using the arrow keys. Use Case: editing code
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Cross-hair highlight cursor

The RDi editor needs a cross-hair highlight cursor similar to what existed in the Code/400 product. The "hairline cursor" does not persist between sessions and does not do a sufficient job of highlighting the cursor position when a lot of text is ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

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