[Info-vax] Correct way to dismount shadowed volume set as late as possible?

[Dave Froble]

On 3/26/2021 2:34 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-03-26, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not a big fan of "cut-n-paste" when working on VMS programs.  EDT
>> does allow multiple buffers, and cut and paste between buffers doesn't
>> possibly "mess" with your text, formatting, and such.
>>
>
> For me, when moving content between nodes, I copy and paste small sections
> of code or program output and I copy large programs or large amounts of
> program output as files to the target node.
>
>> And now for a big difference.  As far as I know, a VT terminal will not
>> show 2 sessions on the display at the same time.  Note, I may be wrong
>> with this claim, don't think so.  On the WEENDOZE "user interface
>> appliance" I can have 2 windows, side by side, and compare two files.
>> That is a big winner for me.
>>
>
> There was (is?) a VMS layered product that allows you to run multiple
> sessions over one serial port to a VT terminal. I can't remember what
> it was called or what it was capable of doing. For example, I don't know
> if it had the capabilities of the Linux screen utility. I also don't know
> if it's going to be available for x86-64 VMS.
>
> However, if you are using a "proper" editor (such as EVE or emacs),
> you can have multiple edit buffers on the screen at the same time.
>
> Simon.
>

Terminal servers also provided multi-sessions.  But not as many as my 
terminal emulator.

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