[Info-vax] improving EDT

[IanD]

Notepad++ comes with a huge number of programming language support

It is one of the most commonly suggested editors in a number of the programming forums when people start out learning programming and ask what editor should they use

One of the key strategic aspects of reviving OpenVMS was how to attract new talent, you will not do that asking people to learn any of the editors natively supplied with OpenVMS simply because new kids want portable skills, that means going with majority products and with ones they will be familiar with. After this, the framework can be embraced

I once suggested enhancements to TPU to fix a number of the little things, like box editing highlighting and undo and was shot down for the suggestion of spending effort on niech products in the grand scheme of things, on reflection of that feedback, I concluded they were right, it's time to drag OpenVMS forward and embrace new stuff, stuff that has only got better over time while OpenVMS froze itself in time

Add DCL support to notepad++ (I think there was already a module?) and invest the time going forwards

Those not wanting to embrace it and other more widely used editors and grandfather themselves, after all, they should be the ones determining if a new offering increases their productivity or not.

I know notepad++ has risen in popularity for a reason, it didn't get there through whim but through constantly meeting what people requested and demanded from a programming editor, that's free