[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/3/2024 12:21 PM, Hans Bachner wrote:
> 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...)

Yes. I guess I was lazy and just noted those that I use.

+ and 0 still works fine.

$ type z.txt
  AAA
+B
0CC
$ set file/attr=rat=ftn z.txt
$ type z.txt
BAA

CC

I will update.

Arne