[Info-vax] Making Open Source Tools Work for VMS

[Dave Froble]

On 11/22/2021 11:55 AM, Jon Schneider wrote:
> On 22/11/2021 14:23, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/gnv/wiki/Home/>
>
> More without the GNU blinkers and lower level.
>
> I'd like to see a guide to

Can I guess that RTFM doesn't apply?

> * Interprocess (not network) communications

Mailboxes, global sections, both in the "fine manual" ...

> * Synchronisation

DLM (Distributed lock manager) and again, in the "fine manual" ...

> * The process model, debugging

Not sure of the question, but, manuals and ISDM ...

> * The (Files-11 I guess) filesystem

It's in there ...

> * Clustering features (and no seeing somebody gaffer tape a load of Raspberry
> Pis together doesn't tell me much)

I'd read the manual on clustering ...

> * Any features that are novel or handled quite differently in VMS
>
> aimed at those with some knowledge of these thing in Unixen and MS Windows.

Honestly, I'm not trying to be a smartass.  (Well, actually I am a smartass, but 
wasn't trying in this reply.)

The VMS documentation is quite extensive.  So extensive that at times it's a bit 
hard to know where to look.  Recently I was looking for some info on ASTs, and I 
went through at least 3 manuals before I found the info.  But, "it's in there."

Thinking about that search, perhaps a tool to find references to particular 
subjects would be rather helpful.  For example, enter "AST" and get a list of 
the manuals that mention ASTs and briefly what's in each manual.

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