Re: Cursor jumping after compile?

Perhaps RDI needs a splash page itemizing what's new and what's changed.
Changed defaults across releases could cause heartburn: RDi users might not
have access to, or read, the Notice to Users or its equivalent, especially
if tech support upgrades RDi without informing the PC's user.

I'd make it a Preference: "Show splash page Y/N" and reset to "Y" with each
fixpack or new release.  Some fixes/changes are narrow in scope but have a
big impact--like this one.

Want to make this feature really cool?  Add the ability for local comments
that persist across releases (maybe we can already do this; my copy of
"Writing RDi Plugins for Dummies" is overdue).

On Sat, Sep 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM Paul Therrien via WDSCI-L <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Since we are talking about idiosyncrasies of RDI, has anyone else seen the
> behavior in CLLE program source where the cursor on a new line jumps to a
> column in the middle of the new blank line instead of lining up with the
> existing lines.
> In my current CLLE source it seems to be column 51.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WDSCI-L <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike
> Hockings
> Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 7:09 PM
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Cursor jumping after compile?
>
> You don’t make mistakes and I always find things in the LAST place that I
> look!  We should team up!! 😉
>
> I was told that it is supposed to go to the line associated with the first
> message in the Error List, or something like that.  If it is not exactly
> how you expect that could be a good idea for a, well, an “Idea” at the IBM
> Ideas portal.  Or you could open a case and I can spend some real time
> looking at it.  FWIW, I thought I had a case where this was discussed but I
> can’t seem to locate it - my memory for trivia is longer than the list of
> current discussions with dev’t 😉
>
> There is also a compiler APAR to fix the event file from being flooded by
> RNF7031 messages - in some cases at least that makes it faster ...
>
> https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/defect/aCIKe000000XgeJOAS/dt400744?language=en_US
>
> Mike
>
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> Mike Hockings, M.Eng.
>
> IBM Rational Developer for System z and Power Systems Software Technical
> Support
>
> IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory
>
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>
>
> From: WDSCI-L <[email protected]> on behalf of David
> Gibbs via WDSCI-L <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, September 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i <[email protected]>
> Cc: David Gibbs <[email protected]>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WDSCI-L] Cursor jumping after compile?
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM Mike Hockings <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Go to the Error List view and click on the menu icon (three vertical
> > dots) then select
> >   Automatically Insert > Into open members & files and select
> >   Message > Insert selected only
> >
>
> That appears to have fixed it, however ...
>
> IIRC the cursor is supposed to be positioned to the first message, so
> > changing the settings should make things faster (inserting everything
> into
> > all members is incredibly slow) and the cursor should also calm down.
> >
>
> I was seeing the cursor jump even when there were no errors in the code
> (you know me well enough to realize I don't make misteakes :) ).
>
> david
>
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