Re: Does WDSCi Have a shell for PASE?

From: Larry Ducie

Yes, and that is good. It gives me a very good "Windows Explorer" view of
the IFS. But I'm greedy and want a "Unix" view too. :-)
I want to have the ability to write RPG programs to run in the PASE
environment and test/debug them within WDSCi. I can do it via QP2TERM and
would like to do it via a view in WDSCi.

There have been lots of discussions about this and other things. The
primary tradeoff of course is cost. There are limited dollars in the WDSC
budget, and I'd rather have more features for RPG, such as better embedded
SQL support and a bi-directional wizard for prototypes.

That being said, I wonder: the PASE environment allows you to connect in via
an X client, I think. If it does, then there's a chance that someone has
written an Eclipse plugin for it, although I haven't run across one.

Does this plugin allow us to get a 5250
session to run as a view within WDSCi? If that was possible then we could
test interactive programs within WDSCi. That would be as close to RPG
programming Nirvana as I could get!!!

Welcome to Nirvana! Indeed, the Arcad plugin does what you ask for, with a
few limitations. I don't use it, but others say it's pretty good.

Joe