[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-06-14 22:37, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <njphlo$sa6$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>> On 2016-06-14 12:35, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <njoicg$lv7$2 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>>>> On 2016-06-13 21:36, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>> In VMS, what do you think processes command lines?  Assuming you're using
>>>>> the VMS CLI callback in yor program(s).  If it's just stupid unix-line -X
>>>>> switches, etc., then you're on your own.
>>>>
>>>> Uh... What if I do a read in my program...? How would CLI editing come
>>>> into play there? Are you suggesting that all terminal I/O should be done
>>>> by callbacks to the CLI instead of issuing a QIO?
>>>
>>> Explain?  A 'read' of what? ...from where?
>>
>> A read of a string, from a terminal, to a program.
>>
>> In BASIC:
>>
>> LINPUT FOO$
>>
>> In MACRO-11:
>>
>> QIOW$S  #IO.RLB,#TILUN,#TIEFN,,#IOSB,,<#BUF,#BUFSIZ>
>>
>> In C:
>>
>> fgets(buffer, bufsiz, stdin);
>>
>> In FORTRAN-77:
>>
>>     READ(5,10) STR
>> 10  FORMAT(1A80)
>>
>>
>> It should not be that hard to get. ;-)
>
> And those things don't work?  Sure they do but where is there any implication
> that you should be able to edit the input in those?

Jeez. I have only been writing something like 20 posts now where I say 
that I want to have line editing at all times. Under which rock were you 
hiding?

   Johnny