[Info-vax] Logical names, was: Re: Command Procedure Pipe output to a variable

[Dave Froble]

On 10/10/2021 10:13 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 10/10/2021 9:20 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 10/10/2021 4:44 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2021-10-10 kl. 01:10, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
>>>> Let us be more specific by taking an example.
>>>>
>>>> decc$efs_charset
>>>>
>>>> where would you look for the definition of that?
>>>
>>> I do not need to, since it isn't even defined.
>>> If it *had* been defined, I would be able to find where.
>>
>> I can use SEARCH.
>>
>> And I may even be able to be a bit selective as I know
>> at least one case where this logical would be set: if
>> something running in JVM (Java, Jython, Rhino etc.) need
>> to use SQLite.
>>
>> But I still consider it to be nice if there
>> were a comment directly associated with the
>> logical.
>>
>> Arne
>>
>>
>
> Yes, it would.  Something like HELP, where it could be optional to
> provide some description.  Either when defining the logical, or afterward.
>

Ok, forget that idea.

I'd never make the effort to provide the description.  Even if I 
remembered why I set a logical, that would not help anyone else. 
Regardless, I'd forget why I set it.  Resistance is futile ...

This could be satisfied by an RMS ISAM file, and a program that allowed 
partial, full, or null key lookup.  I could implement this in maybe 10 
minutes, in Basic.  But then someone would want a drop-down selection 
format, and VMS doesn't have much in the way of a GUI.

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