Re: Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea

Except most of the good stuff in LPEX doesn't even work for old RPG III code.

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
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-----Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: ----- 
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/12/2015 10:14AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea

Yeah, I'd vote for this...

When dealing with old converted RPG III code, I often find myself scrolling
up to find the BEGSR.

Charles

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Make your code shorter, but yeah, I'd vote for this.
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Koester, Michael <mkoester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Perhaps there's a setting, or an open RFE for this, or maybe it's already
> > available in a newer RDi version (currently running 9.1.1)?
> > Some of my RPG source members are a bit long, and within them, some of
> the
> > subroutines and subprocedures are also a bit long.  I often wonder
> > (particularly when I'm searching for occurrences of global variables)
> where
> > I am in the source. The line number tells me I'm in deep, but... Which
> > subroutine or subprocedure am I looking at LPEX, and how would I know
> > without having to scroll up to find the begsr or P-spec?
> > If I'm the first to bring this up, and if I'm not the only one on Planet
> i
> > for whom a solution would be helpful, I'd be happy to offer an RFE to
> show
> > the name of the subroutine or inline subprocedure where the cursor is
> > located.  Could be displayed at the top of the LPEX pane to the right of
> > the "Line 1187   Column 8   Replace".  Perhaps right-adjusted to the far
> > right of the visible window? Or on the very bottom line of the editor,
> > between the last visible source statement and the command line?
> > Any support for this?
> >
> > Michael Koester
> > Programmer/Analyst
> > DataEast - Granite State Communications
> >
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