[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 01:03:13 +0100, chrisq wrote:

> Still in plain text format, as were the log files, which could be
> manually edited with no ill effect.
> 
> Now compare such an approach with that of systemd, and tell us why such
> opaque complexity is a good thing...

All the systemd config is plain text, in the well-known .INI file format 
with easy-to-understand configuration directives. There are separate files 
for configuring separate parts of your system (e.g. separate services), so 
you can easily make changes to one part without impacting another.