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

[Winston19842005]

On 8/14/12 5:32 AM, in article k0d5ug$dpv$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE, "Johnny
Billquist" <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:

> 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
> 
I don't understand why this cannot be done on the client side?
Back when I was logging in via a terminal server to our Alpha/Vax systems
(1999 or so), I used a terminal emulator that had a mode where you could
completely type your command line, edit it if need be, and then send it to
the remote system.