Re: RDI Opening Local PC File from Command Line Switch

Hi Daniel, I never saw VsCode outline view equivalent, is it good?

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Il giorno mer 9 lug 2025 alle ore 19:27 Daniel Gross <[email protected]> ha
scritto:

> Hi David, Hi Richard,
>
> I created an idea, to open a member (or IFS file) in a running RDi
> instance from an external point.
>
>         https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-613
>
> But the idea idles on "Future Consideration" since July 2021 - so I don't
> have much hope, that it will come anytime soon.
>
> In my opinion IBM has shifted all new development to VSCode / Code for i -
> and I don't know how many new features will come to RDi in the future. Sure
> IBM will update the syntax checker to support new RPG %BIFs or statements -
> but I don't think it will be much more.
>
> We are definitely thinking about switching to VSCode in the next 1 or 2
> years. Right now we are only waiting for our change management system to
> get it's own VSCode plugin.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> > Am 09.07.2025 um 19:06 schrieb David Gibbs via WDSCI-L <
> [email protected]>:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM Richard Schoen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >> Can I pass a local PC file name and have RDI open it directly the same
> way I can with other editors ?
> >
> > Keep in mind that RDi uses Eclipse as it's framework, and it's a very
> > heavy framework.
> >
> > There are ways to open a file when launching eclipse (see
> >
> https://help.eclipse.org/latest/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fproduct_open_file.htm
> ),
> > but I don't think that works well when eclipse is being used as an
> > IDE, as it has a workspace associated with it.
> >
> > Even if it were possible, launching eclipse and all it's plugin's is
> > going to take quite a while just to edit a file.
> >
> > david
> >
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