[Info-vax] Editors, was: Re: VT keyboard replacement

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 9:56:41 AM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/19/2021 7:11 AM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > Depends on your tasks and whether you keep getting "Compile aborted 
> > on line 1" when you make a change dozens of lines down. I had to 
> > struggle to get EVE to work at all every time I wanted to use it at a 
> > remote lab. That is not what I would call productive! But EDT always 
> > worked no matter where I was. It's like Stereo Review (or some other 
> > stereo mag) once said: you can always tell the difference between the 
> > sound quality of a working amp vs. that of a broken one! EVE was 
> > always a pain at remote labs just to get it to run at all. THAT IS 
> > NOT WHAT I WOULD CALL PRODUCTIVE!!!
> I am little confused by this. 
> 
> First compilation of TPU code is not part of normal editing. It is 
> part of developing TPU code. I don't consider TPU development 
> difficult, but obviously other may have a different experience. 

Perhaps not. But isn't customization important?

> 
> Second EVE has been the default editor on VMS for a couple of decades 
> and I suspect that over 50% of VMS editing is done using EVE 
> And we have not been swamped with reports of EVE not working or being 
> difficult to get working. So I will assume that in most contexts then 
> EVE just work out of the box. 

Well, my experience with EVE is mostly from the late 1980s in graduate school. It was a continual PITA. Default or not, EDT worked at remote labs and to get EVE to work AT ALL was a royal PITA. Maybe 30-some years things are better.

> 
> Arne

AEF