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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-11-19, alanfe... at gmail.com <alanfeldman48 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 9:56:41 AM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
>

So you are judging the editors of today by knowledge obtained
30 years ago ? :-)

That sounds about right for some topics or people around here... :-)

Simon.

PS: $ set response/mode=good_natured :-)

-- 
Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.