Booth,
Another favorite RDI/LPEX tip to share...
Ctrl+Shift+M to find matching blocks. Find matching Brackets/Parenthesis "("
Find matching IF/ENDIF, DO/ENDO, DOU/ENDO, DOW/ENDO, SELECT/ENDSL, etc...
But, keyboard shortcuts blow the mind of the punch-card-fossils... (This is mental issue, not an Age-Issue!)
So, here is right-click view in RDI/LPEX:
https://imgur.com/a/Cu3hS
IN the right-click, they call it "Jump to end block" but works on brackets too "(" or parenthesis is more correct.
Sharing tips, I have to show how the newbies how to do it by mouse, because shortcut keys blow their minds...
-Ken Killian-
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Killian
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 1:09 AM
To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries' <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [WDSCI-L] Software fixes for older releases
Booth,
Yup, I love iProjects too, but that is a different paradigm, that is not for newbies. I concur!
Ctrl+Shift+O is to show Next blocks, but I knew what you meant.
Just wish Everyone IBM i Developer could see a "professional" demo of RDI by Charles Guarino! Love his enthusiasm!!! <Bravo!>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN-4zoLvLzk
(approx. 7-minutes, starts out on SEU, then move to RDI to show the POWER of RDI. Yeah!)
And yup, I have told them SEU commands still work in RDI.
Without a doubt, my favorite thing about any IDE, is the compile error list. Double-click on the error to position to that line to investigate and fix! Awesome!
Personally, I think they are lazy... They are afraid to try "anything" different. Why else would you stick with SEU/Punch-card-format?
Age is no excuse, but "punch-card-mentatility" is their excuse... <LOL> My boss and my fellow develops on my department/area are Microsoft Developers.
They use Test-scripts, while I Use RPG-UNIT with the RDI-Plug-in. Which of course requires more work and more thought.
But, even then, some developers went to common, and said that was cool. Then they continued to use SEU?
Oh well, some people do not have the capacity to step out the Punch-card-format mold... They are stuck in a rut, and LOVE IT! Their problem, not mine!
-Ken Killian-
-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 12:44 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Software fixes for older releases
* Do they know that most if not all SEU commands work in RDi?
* Have they used Ctrl-Shft-O to mark blocks?
* Have they seen how clicking on a compile error takes them to the error?
My favorite is i-projects but that is probably a bridge too far for them But those first 3 items ought to be enough to make them do a double-take,
By the way, I am 79. If I love RDi they have NO excuse. :)
On 1/31/2018 11:06 PM, Ken Killian wrote:
... who love SEU, and do NOT WANT anything different. That is too much
work. I wish they would hurry up Die/Retire... <Evil Smirk>
Demand a Modern IDE, like RDI!
-Ken Killian-
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