[Info-vax] Teco / TECOC (was: Re: Intel proposal to simplify x86-64)

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-06-08 02:10, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 6/7/2023 5:38 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2023-06-07 01:16, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 6/6/2023 10:39 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>> The VMS TECO was made into a callable editor unless my memory fails me. 
>>>
>>> Only callable EDT and callable TPU are documented in the
>>> utility routines manual:
>>>
>>> https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-utility-routines/
>>>
>>> Obviously "documented" and "exist" are different.
>>
>> It's documented in the TECO manual:
>>
>> https://www.livingcomputers.org/UI/UserDocs/OpenVMS-7-3/3_(Editor)_DEC_Standard_TECO.pdf
>>
>> Section G.17
> 
> Oh. It is.
> 
> (never looked in that manual)
> 
> And it still works on VMS Alpha.
> 
> $ type myteco.for
>        program myteco
>        integer*4 dot, z
>        character*255 text
>        call lib$get_foreign(fnm,,fnmlen)
>        call teco$init()
>        call teco$load_text('ABCDE')
>        call teco$set_dot(1)
>        call teco$delete_text(3)
>        call teco$set_dot(0)
>        call teco$pointers(dot, z)
>        call teco$get_text(text)
>        write(*,*) z, text(1:z)
>        end
> $ for/tie myteco
> $ link/nonative myteco + sys$input/opt
> sys$library:tecoshr_tv/share
> $
> $ run myteco
>            2 AE
> 
> (the code is not using TECO commands, but that is because
> I don't know TECO commands)

Oh! This is so much fun. Thanks for checking that one out. :-D

Next you need to figure out what your name does in TECO. ;-)

   Johnny