[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[bill]

On 4/19/2024 9:23 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 4/19/2024 8:05 PM, chrisq wrote:
> 
>> Absolutely, Solaris, Linux, Freebsd and even cygwin + X + xfce4, all 
>> depend on X11 at core. VMS as well, though not sure of current status.
> 
> That's a pretty pliable definition of "depend on" regarding VMS, since
> there is literally no dependency on X11 within VMS.

I think he was referring to DECWindows which is also X11 based.

> 
> Yeah, if you want a non-character cell interface, then X11 is the only 
> option
> on VMS, but to claim a dependency is a bit much.  Even then, your X11 
> experience will be using a lot of DECterm windows most of the time.
> 

Nothing wrong with DECTerm.  But there was a lot more you could do with
DECWindows.  Worked great back when I had labs of X-terminals to support
both VMS and SunOS for the students (and yes, faculty liked it, too.)

bill