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

Single Stage to Orbit alex.buell at munted.eu
Tue Apr 18 11:06:19 EDT 2023


On Tue, 2023-04-18 at 10:54 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Once upon a time EDT was default.
> 
> But EVE has been default for quite some time by now.
> 
> It is of course possible to have $ EDIT :== EDIT/EDT and I
> expect several old VMS'ers to have so.
> 
> But EDT and no EDTINI does not sound likely. EDT start up
> in line mode. Practically all EDT users will have an
> EDTINI with SET MODE CHANGE.
> 
> If not I consider them really hard core. Line mode editing
> in 2023 is extreme.

Maybe it's time to get vim installed. At least I know where I am with
that :-D
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