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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/18/2023 11:06 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> 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

Using vim on VMS would be heretic.

:-)

For system management I would recommend that you use an editor
always there aka not vim. EVE out of the box is not a powerful
editor, but it should do the job and behave unsurprisingly.

If your are going to write code then you need something
you like. EVE with a lot of extensions or LSE or vim
or emacs or whatever.

Arne