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We have evaluated this request and determined that it cannot be implemented at this time.
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
Component - RPG/COBOL Development Tools
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Application Development
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
I'm also missing a way to copy from one source to another just like you are doing in PDM.
Copy/paste using the Windows clipboard is ok for minor code snippets but when it is larger chunks of code I'm using PDM.
I feel it is easier and faster using it.
One way to implement it in RDI could be that new options are implemented that specify what to copy into the clipboard and where to insert it from the clipboard. Thus in the source where you want to copy something from you could mark the block with CCx ( x is an arbitrary character ) and in the source where you want to copy to from the clipboard you could use Ax or Bx ( x is still an arbitrary character but the same used in the CCx statement).
This doesn't inhibit the use of ctrl+C and ctrl+V shortcuts.
Another way could be to emulate the functionality from PDM where you press F15 and select a source.
This opens a window where you can select the source and mark what is to be copied and then where it should be inserted.
But I think that the first suggestion using the clipboard is the easiest way to implement this functionality.
I assume that you mean the line commands "c", "cc" (for copy) and "a" for "insert after", right?
If that is true, then I wonder what should happen if a user had more than 2 source members open in RDi. In that case there could be copy commands (waiting for execution) in 2 or more source members. What should happen in the source member with the "a" (insert after) command, then? In that case RDi cannot know the lines to copy.
From my point of view copy & paste (using the Windows clipboard) is the preferred way to go when copying lines between source members.
Thomas.
Attachment (Description): Example of CC in other source