[Info-vax] DCL and scripting

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/12/2018 5:51 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2018-12-12 kl. 19:41, skrev Simon Clubley:
>> But doesn't allow you to edit multiple lines on a long command without
>> deleting enough of the command to force it on to one line.
> 
> In the 80's, many users might have been working from the DCL prompt.
> Not so these days, mostly a few sysmgr's who still see the $-prompt.
> 
> I'd say that almost any work on the CLI/DCL interface is wasted money.
> 
> Put the resources and money where they actually make some use instead.

True interactive command line work is relative rare.

But scripting is not.

Which makes fixing the terminal driver a low priority, but may
keep a better scripting language let us call it a medium priority.

Arne