[Info-vax] Installing and using GNV - some feedback and questions

[hb]

On 10/23/2016 12:51 PM, hb wrote:
> On 10/23/2016 02:49 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> I saw the warning about not being able to run DCL commands from within
>> bash and not being able to run DEC editors from within bash. Is there
>> any way around this ?
>
> $ sh log SYS$INPUT
> "SYS$INPUT" = "_EISNER$FTA88:" (LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
> $ mc gnv$gnu:[bin]bash
> bash-4.3$ dcl 'pipe def/user sys$input fta88: ;
> edit/tpu/display=character_cell login.com'

You can set up an alias like
bash-4.3$ alias eve="dcl 'pipe def/user sys\$input fta88: ; edit/tpu'"

and then just use the "command" eve as in
bash-4.3$ eve login.com