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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Text Editor Color Schemes

This issue was entered earlier, but I mistakenly omitted the word "text" in front of "editor". The following comment is quoted from the "Resolved Issues" section below, since IBM's response was directed toward graphical editing, not text editing (...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 7 Not under consideration

Bookmarks for Source Controlled Items in Project Explorer

It would be helpful to have Project Explorer bookmarks work properly for model elements that are under source control. Although bookmarks for items not under source control seem to work (in that they cause Project Explorer to expand down to the bo...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 2 Not under consideration

Redefine operation doesn't put in a Task Marker

When you redefine an operation (e.g. from an ABT) you get an empty method. It should have inserted a marker (e.g. // TODO - empty method) the way standard eclipse java does when you insert/create a method
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 4 Not under consideration

File name defaults for Fragments

Problem description * Defaults for fragmenting the model are not smart, and may hang the tool when cleaning up model. ** Would be nice if when creating a fragment, the file name defaulted to the name of the Class/Package that the operation is bein...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 4 Not under consideration

direction flags not used for C++

Problem description # use them (in maps to const &) etc # warn when inconsistant with type decoration (const & not compatible with in/out)
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 7 Not under consideration

switching tabs in .tc shold save information

Problem description # save automatically (like you do for properties tabs) # stop asking if user wants to loose changes (yes/no)
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 8 Not under consideration

Inherited items in state diagrams are difficult to see

In state diagrams, RSART uses a light gray line style to denote objects (e.g. wait states, transitions) that are inherited from a base capsule. This line style is so light it is very difficult to see. There does not appear to be any way to changes...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 5 Not under consideration

Visual indication that a property has a corresponding association

Currently when viewing the list of properties of a Class, for example, there is no visual way to tell which properties have corresponding associations
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

RSA arrange connectors

In data architect there is an arrange connectors feature: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idm/v2r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.datatools.diagram.core.doc/topics/tarrgselect.html Would like this available with Rational Software Architect. The...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer for WebSphere 3 Not under consideration

Include model elements' from other models properties in a web published model

Currently, after you web publish a particular model that has elements that belong to other models, you will only be able to access the properties of the model elements that belong to the model that is web published and not the properties of the mo...
almost 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Future consideration