[Info-vax] $ decw$define_term = decw$define_term

[Ken Fairfield]

On Feb 23, 10:48 am, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER)
wrote:
> In article <abd0c599-4195-4f96-9c7e-a2e3f8fd8... at 22g2000prx.googlegroups.com>, Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfi... at gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> If you EDIT the file instead of SEARCH it, you see also
>
> $ if p1 .eqs. "" then p1 := DECW$LOGICAL_NAMES
>
> and
>
> $ 'p2 :== define/nolog/exec/table='p1
> $ 'p2'_term :== define/nolog/exec/table='p1'/trans=terminal

OK.  That explains it.

> >OTOH, we're running on a server, no graphics head, so there's no
> >DECW$SERVERxx_TABLE created.  Whether that's relevant or
> >not, I can't say.
>
> Why didn't you do
>
> $ SHOW SYMBOL DECW$*
> %DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
> $ @SYS$STARTUP:DECW$LOGICALS
> $ SHOW SYMBOL DECW$*
>   DECW$DEFINE == "DEFINE/NOLOG/EXEC/TABLE=DECW$LOGICAL_NAMES"
>   DECW$DEFINE_TERM == "DEFINE/NOLOG/EXEC/TABLE=DECW$LOGICAL_NAMES/TRANS=TERMINAL"

Because I don't do ad hoc things like that on a production server. :-)

    -Ken