[Info-vax] Very simple DCL question

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/28/2022 3:07 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>> On 28/12/2022 16:45, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> $ type z.com
>>>> $ write sys$output "''p1'"
>>>> $ @z a
>>>> A
>>>> $ @z "a"
>>>> a
>>>>
>>>> This is not really surprising.
>>>>
>>>> But are there any way to preserve pn case without
>>>> double-quoting it?
>>>>
>>>> Like this hypothetical syntax:
>>>>
>>>> $ set proc/parse=(extended,pnkeepcase)

> Case sensitivity doesn't really have anything to do with case
> preservation.  I don't know of any way to do what Arne wants here except
> to avoid DCL.  Write a C program (or use something written in C, such as
> Perl or Python, instead of DCL) and set extended parse in the process
> and DECC$ARGV_PARSE_STYLE in the environment before running the C program.

:-(

But thanks.

Arne