[Info-vax] CTRL/D Versus CTRL/Z

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In article <89c3862b-c250-4b03-8a28-2ce4bb9f5e30 at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes:
>On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 10:16:42 AM UTC-4, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2016-06-30 15:36, John E. Malmberg wrote:
>> > On 6/30/2016 7:19 AM, John Reagan wrote:
>> >> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 3:38:17 AM UTC-4, lawren... at gmail.com
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Did VMS ever pick up the idea of foreground/background process
>> >>> groups?
>> >>
>> >> There is the ATTACH command that might solve some similar problems
>> >> but isn't quite the same since it is a DCL command.
>>=20
>> I seem to remember some some select other programs also have an=20
>> ATTACH/DETACH command?
>>=20
>
>I found it in the debugger and DTM.  For the debugger, that is for debuggin=
>g multi-process applications.  DTM?  Not sure why.
>
>The problem that ATTACH seemed to solve was trying to manage multiple proce=
>sses from a VT100 (without using something like TOPS-10 OPSER or TOPS-20 PT=
>YCON).  Now a days, you have a larger screen where you can have multiple te=
>rminal emulators so ATTACH has less value (they do share the JOB table so t=
>hat is a benefit over separate terminal screens).
>
>[One of my former coworkers actually wrote a PTYCON-32 for VAX/VMS.  It mig=
>ht be on some older Freeware CDs but I'm not sure.]

There are/were a number of similar applications employing pseudo-terminals --
Freeware BOSS is one of them.  There are/were several third-party commercial
products too.

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