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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-10-23, BillPedersen <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> wrote:
>
> Simon:
>
> Thank you for your feedback.
>
> Given that the active effort on GNV is from three or four people on
> a part time basis the progress made over the last few years to get it
> to the point where it will build many projects with only the "defined"
> changes is really remarkable.  When I say defined changes, these are
> things like providing the workaround code to handle poll and select
> for all device type and some terminal handling to make it more
> Linux-like.  With just these changes I have ported a TN3270 emulator
> for instance.
>

Hello Bill,

There was no criticism or even implied criticism in my feedback.

Basically, when I try out something new like this, especially when
as much work has gone into it as this clearly has, I like to provide
feedback alongside the questions I might have.

My goal is to help the next person to try using it and to help
provide feedback to the developers about things which might not be
obvious to them as, by definition, they are not using it for the
first time.

Sometimes it's the little things which can help provide a easier
getting started path to someone using a program for the first time
and help give that person a more positive initial impression of a
program.

>
> OK, so you do not like the Linux "-switch" option methods.  Well, I
> was introduced to a solution to that at Boot Camp this year.  Tom Wade
> from Ireland introduced me to some code he device to convert Linux
> applications to accepting DCL style "/options".  You can find out more
> about it here: http://www.tomwade.eu/software/vmsarg.html.
>

I don't know where you get that idea from; I like them just fine.

$ set response/mode=good_natured

Are you confusing me with Phillip by any chance ? :-)

Simon.

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