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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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IBM i Search (CTRL-H) running in background

I wish the IBM i search (CTRL-H) would run in the background, just like the outline does. That way, we could continue to work while the search is in progress. We could even launch multiple search at once. I'm still using FNDSTRPDM and option 25 in...
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Fix RDi LPEX Content Assist to correctly describe data structure arrays as arrays

RDi is a commonly used integrated development environment designed for creating and maintaining applications on IBM i systems. A very helpful feature in the RDi LPEX editor is the content assist feature. Content Assist allows the user to quickly e...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Keep Live Outline Updated with Copybook Definitions

Live Outline requires a refresh to pick up new data structures (and possibly other variables) when a copybook it references is updated. I understand that. However, after the refresh, it easily looses the information it just got from the copybook. ...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

RDI: Outline does not show data structure is modified by XML-INTO

Given the code xml-into query %xml(response : XMLoptions); In the outline the data structure query is shown referenced but not modified.I'm at RDI 9.6.0.9 Use Case: You can't see that the data structure query is modified by a xml-into statement. I...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Make the 'Mark Occurances' feature utilize the Next,Previous functions

Activate the capability to use CTRL+, and CTRL+. (Previous and Next) key stroke feature for the Mark Occurrences feature. Use Case: When you have source errors (in at least RPGLE source) or in a Eclipse compare you can use the CTRL+, (Previous) or...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

RDi integrated shell

Introduce an integrated shell, like VSCode has, to make it easy/simple to ssh into PASE on IBM i. Use Case: As more developers adopt RPG in the IFS they will also most likely be adopting alternative build strategies that require "make" and other u...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Open Browsed Source Member for Edit

When browsing a source physical file member with LPEX, right-click on the member name tab brings up a menu with these options: Close, Close Others, Close all. Add a fourth option, such as "Open for Edit", to close the browse window and re-open the...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Make ctrl-f function the same way in both block and stream modes

Ctrl-f opens a find and replace window in Developer for Power Systems. The functionality for alt-a when that window is open is different in Block and Stream modes. If code is selected in block mode when alt-a is pressed, it stays selected. In stre...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

RDi Ctrl+F

Using CTRL+F to bring up the find footer should not reposition the cursor in the editor. Use Case: editing code
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Content Assist should consistently insert to new line if inserted text would go past column 80 in free format RPGLE

When using Content Assist in RPGLE free-format near the end of the code section of a line (col 80), the behaviour is inconsistent when the choice would not fit (up to col 79 actually)- in some cases the choice in put on a new line (ex a variable n...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered