[Info-vax] Extending nested directory search syntax

[Dave Froble]

On 7/9/2021 1:31 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-07-08, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> On 7/8/2021 2:28 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <sc7dvj$n1t$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
>>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>
>>>> If you want to search all directories under sys$examples: (for example),
>>>> it would be nice if the following syntax worked instead of giving
>>>> an error:
>>>>
>>>> $ dir sys$examples:[...]
>>>> %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening SYS$EXAMPLES:[...] as input
>>>> -RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone else find such syntax to be useful ?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>
>> Well, for me, I'd rather do what I need, and let the devs work on
>> important stuff.
>>
>> $ SET DEFAULT SYS$EXAMPLES
>> $ DI [...]
>> $ HOME
>>
>> Not so difficult ...
>>
>
> Oh, David. :-)
>
> If we did things your way we would all still be using 24-line terminals
> with a single window editor such as EDT because that's the way it was
> done in the past. :-)
>
> Simon.
>

Funny ....

I use devices with more than 24 lines, and more than 80 characters on a 
line, and when appropriate use multiple windows when editing.

What am I doing wrong?  Please help me, I don't want to be wrong ...

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