[Info-vax] EDIT wierdness with OpenVMS 9.2 on x86

Single Stage to Orbit alex.buell at munted.eu
Tue Apr 18 10:41:05 EDT 2023


On Tue, 2023-04-18 at 10:25 -0400, Dave Froble wrote:
> > I have edited various configuration files with EDIT on OpenVMS 9.2
> > x86 a few times. Each time I edit one of these files, EDIT appears
> > to delete the first word on the first line when it opens the file
> > on my terminal! I can fix it by putting that back in before saving
> > but it's just annoying.
> > 
> 
> Which editor?  EDT?  Others?
> 
> If EDT, is there an EDTINI file?

The default editor on the system which happens to be EDIT. No
qualifiers supplied except the file name. I wasn't aware there was an
EDTINI file, I'll have to look on the VSI wiki. 

Thanks. 
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