[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-06-14 15:44, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <njoior$lv7$4 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>>
>> I want that vi or emacs capability always, no matter what program or
>> context I am in, and not just at the CLI or shell. Which is the reason I
>> think it belongs in the driver. This functionality, in my mind, is not
>> tied to a specific application or environment. It's a functionality that
>> I want basically all the time, everywhere. Based on that, it's not hard
>> to see where it should go.
>
>    In the driver basically means at elevated IPL.  I don't want someone
>    running emacs at elevated IPL on my systems.  That's why we need both
>    the in-the-driver limited capabilities and the in-the-program
>    capabilities.  And DCL should take more adantage of the latter.

Noone have suggested running Emacs in the driver. Jeez...

	Johnny