[Info-vax] EDT and SET WORD [NO]DELIMITER

[Paul Sture]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:19:07 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:

> On 2011-11-21, Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:

>>>>
>>>> If EDT is the editor your fingers know. . . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>> EDT keypad support is available within EVE and works just fine.
>> Can you use EDT "macros" in TPU?
>>
>>
> No. However I found that the keypad support was enough for me to move
> from EDT to EVE/TPU. The advantages (multiple windows, large windows,
> long line support, etc) far outweighed having to learn TPU for a few
> things. The important thing was that I didn't have to re-learn the
> editing keys I used every day.

Those were the key advantages which persuaded me to move to TPU.

I found the ability to have source and listing displayed in separate 
windows a real time saver when you had a bunch of compiler errors to wade 
through (one of the delights of COBOL ;-) )

I would do the same with RUNOFF source and output. with a bit of TECO in 
between to strip the CR-LF characters).  Needless to say I wrote a simple 
bit of DCL to automate this.

And TPU really comes into its own when you have a series of similar files 
you want apply the same learn sequences to.

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