[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Hans Bachner]

Arne Vajhøj schrieb am 02.01.2024 um 15:12:
> [...]
> 
> <quote>
> Nobody seems to see a purpose with VFC record format. But DCL create 
> files in VFC record format, so it is used.
> ...
>   Fortran carriage control use the first column in file for control. A 
> space ' ' in first column means ordinary new line. A one '1' in first 
> column means new page. This is a very old Fortran convention. And 
> usually it is only files generated by Fortran programs that use Fortran 
> carriage control, but VMS and RMS support sit.
> [...]

In addition, '+' means no line feed (overprint) and '0' means two new lines.

(from my Fortran programming days back in the early 80s...)

Hans.