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

[Paul Sture]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:56:05 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> 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}

Which has the unfortunate side effect of clearing the screen :-(

Given a real terminal I might assign some function keys there.

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

:-)


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Paul Sture