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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
This feature is now available in the IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software V8.5 product with V8.5.1 fixpack installed.
Fix List: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27024934
Readme doc: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27036323
Download doc: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033611
The Eclipse text compare editor has been enhanced to provide sequence number management for the following IBM i source types:
rpg, rpgle, sqlrpg, sqlrpgle
cbl, cblle, sqlcbl, sqlcblle
cl, clp, clle
pf, lf, dspf, prtf
Sequence numbers and change dates are now managed on the side when doing Eclipse compare/merge operations. Care is taken to reduce the effects of merging on sequence numbers of the target file. Change dates in the target file for existing lines are not modified if they need to be resequenced as the result of a merge. This enhancement supports 2 and 3-way compare/merge operations in i Projects, local history, and RTC history. RSE has also been enhanced for these source types to allow for read-only side by side compare of two remote members.
The LPEX-style compare is still available from within the LPEX editor.
You could change the color for "Current line highlight" to see the line highlighted in a different color and better distinguish the actual change being viewed. This is done by clicking the Window -> Preferences menu and selecting General -> Editors -> Text Editors and changing the color for the "Current line highlight" to a different color.
Thank you for taking the time to suggest this enhancement to our product.
This request is approved and planned for delivery within the next year or next generally available release. Extra consideration has been given to this enhancement because of the number of votes it has received in the community. Your votes help us prioritize enhancements, particularly when the enhancements are larger. Thank you for taking the time to suggest this enhancement to our product and for your votes.
This RFE will be under consideration for a future release. Status has been updated to Uncommitted Candidate.
This RFE is consistent with our strategy and product roadmap and IBM is continuing to evaluate.
I very much agree - Code400 compare was intuitive and easy to use. I would like to see that kind of interface with the current developer tools.
Also ignore line numbers in the source member.
Ditto - And ignore line numbers in the source member. (I'll add a vote to that, as well).
The source compare tools in RDp need to be compelling, to bring 5250 devs on-board and deliver promised productivity improvements. These features are critical in shops faced with integrating a vendor's new release of a customized package (i.e., virtually ALL of them). Without RDp, you can't implement RTC for IBM i shops. No RTC means no CLM. This is important!
And ignore line numbers in the source member.
And ignore line numbers in the source member.