[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:44:00 +0100
Johnny Billquist via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 2016-01-25 19:35, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> 
> > What's smashing your finger with a hammer and poking your eye with a
> > sharp stick is trying to use EDT without a DEC keyboard.
> 
> You do know that you can remap all the keys in EDT? You want a someone 
> Emacs-compatible setup for EDT? I have an init file for that lying 
> somewhere, that I could post for you...

I'll take a look at it but I have a compact keyboard (no keypad section) so
I don't think it's going to work. I don't necessarily need or want an Emacs
compatible layout. I would have preferred to have an appropriate keyboard
and use native tools. I really don't like having to remember key
translations. I already have to do that to a small degree with another
system I use and it can quickly get out of hand.

Given using EDT with the right keyboard wasn't happening because I don't
have VAX or DEC hardware and because I am already a long-time Emacs user
that was plan B. I do like Emacs programming language support and many
other features.

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