[Info-vax] Indexed file read question

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rp6mg4$fct$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> In addition to macOS Mail and its saved searches, here's how to 
> configure  saved searches on Microsoft Office on Mac and on Windows:

Interesting.  But HELP DIR is probably quicker as far as learning how to 
set it up goes.

I have no experience with macOS Mail.  I do have an iPad, and my wife 
has a MacBook Air, but neither of us use any mail tools on those 
platforms (yet).

> Spotlight and searching capabilities are among the features that I miss 
> the most when working with OpenVMS. The SEARCH-related commands and 
> DIRECTORY-based search commands are just... so... slow...

Don't forget MLSEARCH, which is a command-line utility (i.e. it runs an 
executable) written in BLISS and Fortran and adds stuff such as 
wildcards.