v5.0.0-alpha1

This is an alpha-level pre-release for Z Open Editor 5.0.0 that works with Zowe Explorer 3.0.0. It is not a feature-complete version of v5, not tested, and not documented. Use at your own risk to evaluate the Zowe v3 user experience and to report issues that still need fixing.

If you report a bug, please mention the build id 5.0.0-202409301253-d546c4f2 as we might publish more updates like these if we find and fix more issues.

Here are the still incomplete release notes for this version:

Breaking changes:

• Java 17: We are now building our language server with Java 17, which now the minimum Java version required for Z Open Editor. The editor will not work with Java 11 anymore. We recommend IBM's Semeru Runtime or JDK. Distributions from Oracle and OpenJDK will also work.
• VS Code v1.91 or newer: As part of the upgrade to Java 17 we are able to use newer versions of language server APIs provided by the Eclipse LSP4J project and Microsoft. As a result we also increase the required version for VS Code for our extension to v1.91 or newer.
• Zowe v3: Zowe Explorer 3.0.0 or newer is now required. Z Open Editor v5 will now download and install Zowe Explorer v3. Zowe Explorer v2 will not work anymore. For IBM RSE API Plugin for Zowe CLI the requirement is now Zowe CLI v8.

New features and fixes:

• Localization: Z Open Editor and Zowe Explorer are now available for the VS Code display languages French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. This also includes syntax error messages provided by the COBOL, PL/I, JCL and REXX language servers. Download the respective language pack and switch.
• Added user settings to enable/disable folding range support for JCL and COBOL.