Hi. About your second question, you can easily extend Caché ObjectScript, to do it. Wouldn't recommend it for use in production, but why not add some syntax sugar on you dev instance?

Create %ZLANGC00 mac routine with the following code:

 ; %ZLANGC00
 ; custom commands for ObjectScript
 ; http://docs.intersystems.com/cache20141/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=GSTU_customize
  Quit  

/// Execute Query and display the results
/// Call like this:
/// zsql "SELECT TOP 10 Name FROM Sample.Person"
ZSQL(Query)
  #Dim ResultSet As %SQL.StatementResult
  Set ResultSet = ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(, Query)
  Do ResultSet.%Display()
  Quit

Save and compile it and then you can execute sql in a terminal like this:

zsql "SELECT TOP 10 Name FROM Sample.Person"

It would display something like this:

SAMPLES>zsql "SELECT TOP 10 Name FROM Sample.Person"
Name
Adam,Wolfgang F.
Adams,Phil H.
Ahmed,Edward V.
Ahmed,Michael O.
Ahmed,Patrick O.
Allen,Zelda P.
Alton,Samantha F.
Bach,Buzz E.
Bach,Fred X.
Bach,Patrick Y.
 
10 Rows(s) Affected

That said I myself prefer executing SQL queries in SMP because you don't need to type them there (drag&drop from the left panel or copy&paste from the code) - it's very convenient.

The fastest query-like interface is %SQL.CustomResultSet. You need  to write your owl logic, though.

It can be called like this:

Set resultset= ##class(Package.YourCustomQueryRS).%New()
While resultset.%Next() {
   Write resultset.Id,!
}

I don't think dropdown menu items support key property. Maybe you can use id property for your purposes instead?

Is there any way to set environmental variables before calling $zf?

For example I want to add something to PATH, but if I do it in an actual $zf call it would be a lot longer and hard to read. So is there any way to set environmental variables for current process from Cache?

2016.2 Studio does not seem to have package delete button.

Just delete all contents in a package and it would disappear.  Or execute this query:

DELETE FROM %Dictionary.ClassDefinition WHERE Name %STARTSWITH 'package'

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InterSystems University Outreach Program (Russia). Each developer has his's own machine with his own Caché/Ensemble instance. We use Git source control system and there are several Studio integration plugins we offer, but mainly Cache-tort-git. Changes are commited to a central GitHub repository preferably via pull-requests (see GitHub workflow). Changes from GitHub repository are automatically pulled to a production server(s) with Cache GitHub Continuous Integration tool.

ClassMethod way to set a language for a session is:

Do ##class(%MessageDictionary).SetSessionLanguage(lang)

The interesting case would be $$$Text("englishtext") macros getting compiled on a new instance under a session in other language. Under these conditions the ^CacheMsg global would be written with "englishtext" values under session language. Which would be set as a default language for this domain (Messages in $$$Text are presumed to be written in domain default language, unless specified otherwise).

To prevent that set domain default language or change  session language before the compilation.

As far as I remember importing message dictionary does not set default language for the domain itself.

Great!

RSS feed by tag works in Thunderbird. Main RSS feed still shows as invalid.

Some thoughts about email integration:

1. Replace the icon with a simple envelope icon - which  is more recognizable. I can easily recognize the first three icons, but the last one I incorrectly accociate with msn logo
2. After clicking on a "share via email bullton" I'm being redirected to a new page where I can send a message from communityportal@intersystems.com. I think you  can raise convertion by using a simple mailto link (so default mail client pops up with a predefined topic and message instead of the new page) - so the person sharing the post can share from his own email account.

1. They must be granted to either application or user

2. Only resources of Service, Application and User type could be used there. %DB are database resources

3. SMP -> Menu -> View Roles -> Choose the role "webapp-admin" -> General Tab -> Priveleges -> Add -> choose the resoure -> OK -> Save

Repeat for webapp-user

4. Like this:

Parameter RESOURCE = "ResourceName1:Permission,ResourceName2,ResourceName3:Permission";

Where Permission is one of: READ, WRITE, USE

If Permission is skipped (see ResourceName2) then USE permission is checked.

Here's an aggregation rss feed which combines the Community Portal RSS and InterSystems StackOverFlow RSS tags. It's available here and works with Thunderbird.