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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-08-14 10:43, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:34:24 -0700, FrankS wrote:
>
>> So I'm still unconvinced that the existing OpenVMS facilities need to be
>> augmented by a permanent command buffer, and all the associated
>> headaches related to consolidating those buffers across multiple
>> terminal sessions.
>
> At one time I would have agreed with you, but the more I am exposed to
> other systems, the more useful I see such features.  Command line
> completion is another feature I miss when I go back to VMS - it really is
> useful.

Yes, I really wish TOPS-20 would come back, from which much of this 
really stems... :-)

As for saving and retrieving the command history between sessions - it's 
pretty much only useful if you also have a usable way of quickly search 
and recall commands from the history. As DCL lacks that, I don't see 
persistent, large command history as a useful addition to DCL. Now, 
better command searching and recalling would be a very nice thing to have.

Completion of filenames and commands would also be very nice. Did 
DCLCOMPLETE ever get ported beyond VAX?

	Johnny