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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-01-26 10:54, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:35:17 +0000
> lists--- via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:54 +0100
>> hb via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/26/2016 08:02 AM, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
>>>> I thought you said you got it to crash by control-X space. If so this
>>>> isn't limited to dired. Maybe the whole thing needs to be
>>>> compiled /noopt and then it will probably be unusable. The other
>>>> option if you really want to compile it like it was "designed" to be
>>>> compiled if there indeed is any such thing would be to get the
>>>> comtemporaneous port of gcc for VAX/VMS and build with that. gnu
>>>> crapware is not guaranteed to build or work with anything but gcc and
>>>> bash and then only sometimes.
>>>
>>> With ^X^F and space, which for me seems to be more or less the same
>>> thing as meta-x and dired.
>
> It is definitely not the same as on UNIX/Linux. control xf should ask you
> what file you want to edit and control x control f should just move forward
> in the current buffer. Maybe this also means something...

Huh?
^X ^F should be "Find file". It should never move forward. And at the 
filename prompt, you can type '?' to get a list of matching files, or 
TAB, which should complete the filename. And if no completion is 
possible at all, it will also list available options. (I don't know why 
hb suggested ^X ^F space, as that will just insert a space in the filename.

DIRED is slightly different than the listing of available matches in the 
file prompting, but if all you want is to pick a file, either works 
equally well. Actually, I'd say that if I want to edit a specific file, 
I never use DIRED. It's a rather circumvent way of finding files...

^X F is "Set fill column", which is something completely different. :-)

You need to use Emacs more... :-)

	Johnny