[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

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In article <njmdvo$vo0$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>On 2016-06-13 14:59, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <njeel9$fq3$1 at dont-email.me>, "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.net_work> writes:
>>>
>>> One issue with the VMS terminal line editing is because it is handled in
>>> the driver, it does not have access to the filesystem to allow it to do
>>> filename completion.
>>
>>    Which belongs in the CLI, not the terminal driver.  The CLI should be
>>    doing it's own command line editing,instead of leaning on the limited
>>    editing in the driver.
>
>I don't agree. I want command line editing, no matter if I'm at the CLI, 
>or in some user application. And I do not consider it to be a good 
>system design that every program should include their own version of 
>commmand line editing.

In VMS, what do you think processes command lines?  Assuming you're using 
the VMS CLI callback in yor program(s).  If it's just stupid unix-line -X
switches, etc., then you're on your own.

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