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

bill bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 18:39:10 EDT 2023


On 4/19/2023 4:54 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2023-04-18 19:17, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-04-18, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> So, in that case, what do _you_ call the TECO users ? :-)
> 
> Just don't go there... :-D
> 
> (I actually still use TECO to edit stuff from time to time. It's very 
> nice for some things...)
> 

I haven't used TECO in decades but I use line editors all the time.
Sometimes full screen editors are just overkill.

bill





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