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

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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