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

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=11119

I added a comment, "I would like to go a step further...in the outline view
field/variable cross reference, show the subroutine or procedure name in
addition to the line number where a global field is used. "

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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