[Info-vax] Removing the leading $ from commands in a new DCL language

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:

(snip, I wrote)
>> It  has been some years since I last wrote a DCL script file,
>> but I thought that the $ wasn't required.
 
> It depends what's on the lines.
 
(snip of "this works")

> This does not work:
 
> ----------------
> show time
> show time
> set term /inq
> show time
> ----------------
 
> The middle example gives:
> $ @a
>    1-MAY-2015 12:36:02
>    1-MAY-2015 12:36:02
> %DCL-W-SKPDAT, image data (records not beginning with "$") ignored

Wow, I remember that message from years ago!

-- glen