[Info-vax] Python pseudo terminal (ptd)

[Jean-François Piéronne]

Hello,
> I'm looking to setup an application using a pseudo terminal to script
> commands to an interactive application.  (Yes, It's IDX/Centricity).
> Lacking any compilers I've started to look into the Python that I
> installed and have used very little, really just to get Mercurial
> going.  The simplest of examples that I've found (VMSPTDExample) works
> but it just does a "show system".
> 
> If anyone has a more comprehensive example that they can share, I
> would be very grateful.
>

I have added some examples to http://www.vmspython.org/VMSPTDExample

I will add comments later.


> Thanks, Jim
> 
> OpenVMS V8.3
> Python 2.5.4

I suggest you move to Python 2.7.2+, this is the latest version on
OpenVMS before a forthcoming port of 3.x.

Jean-François