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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-08-16 23:05:31 +0000,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:

> In article <k0jk23$nou$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist 
> <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>> On 2012-08-16 14:54, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> OK.  So, put a wrapper around DCL.EXE and introduce your OWN ^R handler
>>> to read in the recall buffer and provide editing.  Of course, a ^R has
>>> been used as a screen refresh in a number of VMS products/utilities, so
>>> you willl probably want to use some other control char.  You can still
>>> specify your OWN CLI in your UAF record!
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> Writing my own CLI for VMS does nothing for changing how DCL works, not
>> to mention the non-existing documentation for doing such a thing.
> 
> Who said write a CLI?  I merely suggested "augmentation" of DCL.

Ah, OK.  Your intention with that "OWN CLI" reference is different than 
that of a couple of folks here.

> 
>> Also, unless I remember wrong, tcsh (and I think bash) have already been
>> ported to VMS, so I can just as well just use them.
>> They are not proper CLIs, though, if I understand things right, but just
>> user applications (quite like how they are under Unix).
> 
> Neither are implemented as a CLI; just user programs and they're a bit
> of a kludge at that.

DEC/shell was a CLI.  gnv bash is not a CLI, and is a bit, um, different.


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