[Info-vax] Extending nested directory search syntax

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-07-09, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> 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 ...
>

You must admit that you give a very different impression with some
of your comments.

Maybe there's hope for you yet. :-)

Simon.

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