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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-08-12, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2012-08-12 11:36:50 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>> 
>> 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.
>

In my case, I like to have multiple windows on screen at the same time, so
I use 80 character width windows, but use a depth of 49 to 51 (depending on
screen resolution) line windows.

I find that suits my working style better.

> 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}"
>

Or even have left/right cursor keys which do not stop when you hit the
end of the current line of the command... :-)

Simon.

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