[Info-vax] EMU-vm follow-up

[Vertis Sidus]

On 2012-08-04, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> You can create a one-line LOGIN.COM with :
>
> $ create login.com
> $ SET TERM/VT100/WIDTH=80/INSERT
><ctrl-Z>
> $

Oh! Okay. I already knew about some of that, but I was using COPY 
SYS$INPUT (a result of vague childhood memories of VMS followed by a 
decade and a half of using Linux). Now that I know there's a specific 
command for the job, I'll be using that from now on. Thank you!

Somehow, while I was writing my last post, I managed to forget that the 
main reason I don't have a LOGIN.COM yet is that I'm trying to learn how 
to set up a cluster; I haven't made a user account for myself yet in any 
of the VMS VMs I have right now, and I'm wary of adding something like 
that to the SYSTEM account.

And, I mean, really, I've got arrow keys and ctrl-Z working, which isn't 
enough to really _use_ (Eve? TPU? Whatever the default editor is), but 
it's enough to fake it. Mainly I've just been afflicted by the strange 
sort of laziness where I'd rather type the SET TERM thing on every login 
than type maybe twice as much, once, and not have to deal with it anymore.

Actually, though, I have to say I'm curious why it switches to 132 column 
mode when I log in. Is there any way to stop it doing that?

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