[Info-vax] improving EDT

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/17/2016 3:58 PM, hb wrote:
> On 11/17/2016 09:15 PM, IanD wrote:
>> 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
>
> Maybe not for the new kids, as it is text based: Have you looked at JED?
> It runs on VMS, it has box editing, highlighting and undo. There is an
> EDT keypad mode, there is a DCL, Linker options file, MMS/MMK and a VMS
> system parameter mode as well as syntax highlighting for Bliss and Macro32.

That sounds pretty good.

> For the new kids preferring Eclipse, there is a plugin for
> DCL/MMS/Linker options file as well.

Got a link?

Arne