[Info-vax] VXT, anyone ?

[Marc Van Dyck]

After serious thinking Stephen Hoffman wrote :
>
> As for X?  Linux has X built in.   You'll need to disable part or all of the 
> X security on the X Window Server on Linux, and the older DECwindows client 
> security support had some issues here.  Previous discussions of xming and 
> other X Window servers around here in comp.os.vms will have discussions of 
> disabling X security features, too.

That part is already working. Set the display to the linux box and then
run sys$system:decw$session. Once the menus ribbon is displayed on the
linux box, I can then start decterms on every system I work with.

> There have been X keyboard maps for DECwindows posted previously.  You might 
> have to experiment to get those maps to work with that Belgian French 
> keyboard, though.

This is where I'm looking for more detailed help, because even if I
can get a file containing the keyboard map, I have no idea how to load
it on the system.

> Search for previous discussions of the DECwindows font server here in 
> comp.os.vms, if you really want to use DECwindows fonts.

This is a part of DECwindows I never experimented with. Do I need to
have a font installed on the Linux box, or can the font be obtained 
from
one of the client OpenVMS systems that I work with ?

> Plug the OpenVMS LK keyboard into the USB port.

That I figured out myself :-) I have an LK USB keyboard, previously 
used
with a RX2600. I still have it, but it's too noisy for an office
environment.

But once connected, I can't get all the keys to work, which is, again,
a keybord map issue, I suppose. So back to my first question, howto...

> Most OpenVMS stuff can be run from the command line.  Yeah, the keypads can 
> be missed.  I punted on the DEC editors for most work and moved (back) to vim 
> a while back.  Dealing with EDT line mode or EVE line mode or LSEDIT line 
> mode is not fun when that's what is available, but possible. 

I have yet to find an editor more convenient than LSEDIT for the kind 
of
work I do. So indeed a proper keypad is, kind of, required. Which is
why I'm struggling with all that stuff.

> Absent requirements for displaying an X Window client app and for typical 
> interactive use, an ssh connection works as well as a remote DECterm session.

This is how I'm working now, putty, puttycm, and putty agent. Works
reasonably fine, but still prefer a decterm.

> For more information...  Search the newsgroup archives (via Google Groups) 
> for xming-related discussions, and for xterm-related discussions, and for 
> XDM-related discussions, and for decw$font-related discussions.  Lots of good 
> info.

Will do. Still interested in quick howto info, if anyone has.

-- 
Marc Van Dyck