Re: RDi 9.8 vs. Code Snippets

[Troy Foster <tfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From Jason Olson, previous thead.

Just open: Help -> Eclipse Marketplace ...

Then install "Eclipse Web Developer Tools 3.5" - after a restart, the 
Snippets view is available. It will be under General.

On 5/10/2023 12:34 PM, Daniel Gross wrote:
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> Hi,
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> we're on RDi 9.6 right now, and we're making intensive use of the Code Snippets feature. We have standardized program headers and re-occurring standard procedures where we are replacing table and data structure names with those "&{something}" replacement variables. We also distribute those Snippets over our development server to all RDi users.
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> Now with RDi 9.8 the Snippets view is gone - we can get it back by installing "Web Development Tools" from the Eclipse Marketplace - but we cannot use the automatic distribution feature anymore, because Snippets are exported in 9.8 - and if we export with 9.6, they aren't imported in 9.8.
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> So what now? Is there a good replacement? We aren't "Snippets addicted" but we really need something like that, if Snippets aren't supported by RDi anymore.
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> So what are we looking for:
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> - should work easily with RDi (LPEX)
> - should support RPGLE, DDS, DDL maybe CL
> - central "code snippet" repository - maybe GitHub?
>     (We're already hosting a private GitHub instance)
> - replacement variables (at least)
> - maybe some kind of light scripting?
> - or conditional insert (like /if defined ...)
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> Any ideas?
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> TIA
> Daniel