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This feature was delivered in version 9.6.
The Tab key will now insert spaces into free form ILE RPG source lines when pressed. Shift+Tab will outdent the free form line. If you select one or more free form lines and press Tab or Shift+Tab it will increase or decrease the indent respectively. To change the number of spaces used, go to Window -> Preferences, then select Remote Systems > Remote Systems LPEX Editor > IBM i Parsers -> ILE RPG -> Formatter. Set the value in 'Number of spaces to indent by'. If you prefer to go back to the behavior where Tab and Shift+Tab behave the same way on free form lines as fixed form lines, go to Window -> Preferences, then select Remote Systems > Remote Systems LPEX Editor > IBM i Parsers -> ILE RPG -> Key Behavior. Uncheck 'Tab key inserts spaces for free form source.' Note: The 'Key Behavior' preference now includes all Key behavior settings previously found in the parent ILE RPG preference. Two new settings were added: 'Tab key inserts spaces for free form source.' for RFE36974 and 'Enter key splits line for free form source' for RFE25265.
The feature that is described in this request is a candidate for a future release.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Programming Languages
Product - Developer for Power Systems
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Rational
Product family - Design & development
Product - Developer for Power Systems
Agree 100%. I'm one of those developers that works in both the Java and RPG editors.
This RFE will be under consideration for a future release. Status has been updated to Uncommitted Candidate.
While I agree that having the Tab and Enter work the same in both Lpex and the Java editors can be good and would be a nice enhancement, that change needs to be controlled by a preference, some of us like the current Lpex behavior.
I wonder if pressing Enter to split a line goes along with this. That's one thing that always bites me when I go to a java editor, I'm so used to pressing enter to get a new line, but in java it'll split the line.
This RFE is consistent with our strategy and product roadmap and IBM is continuing to evaluate.