[Info-vax] DCL, was: Re: Microkernel

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-08-12 11:36:50 +0000, Simon Clubley said:

> On 2012-08-12, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Yes,  Ugly.  This is DCL.  You were expecting an elegant solution?
>> 
> 
> Not really, unfortunately. :-(
> 
> Don't forget this is the CLI which, in the 21st century, cannot even edit
> wrapped command lines.

Sure it can, if you're using a terminal emulator:

SET TERMINAL /WIDTH={big-number}
{edit-long-command-here}
SET TERMINAL /WIDTH={normal-number}

Wait, you were expecting an elegant solution?  :-)

I'm usually running fairly wide emulator windows to start with; with 
widths far past what a VT would have provided.

But yes, there are times I'd like the DCL analog of bash ^X^E command 
editing, with your preferred editor selected via "export 
EDITOR={your-editor}"



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