[Info-vax] VMS editor uncommon option

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/31/2024 1:18 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/31/2024 10:57 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 10/30/2024 8:17 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> I could not get plugin manager to download - not sure if
>>> it is a JEdit VMS problem or just a network setup problem - anyway
>>> one can just download the plugins and copy them
>>> to [.jedit.5^.5^.0.jars] and they seem to work - I don't
>>> want to use JEdit without the BufferTabs and JDiff plugins.

>> install BufferTabs plugin

>> install JDiff plugin
> 
> It does syntax coloring.
> 
> Works fine for C, Java etc..
> 
> Not quite as fine for VMS Basic, VMS Pascal, DCL etc..
> 
> But for those that want it then you can add a
> [.jedit.5^.5^.0.modes]whatever.xml and and put
> a ref into [.jedit.5^.5^.0.modes]catalog. to
> get it.

So I did a first attempt on DCL, VMS Pascal and VMS Basic
support.

https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/vmsstuff/jedit/

has some instructions in content.txt and a
jedit-bundle.zip with everything.

Not everybody likes JEdit, but modern GUI editors
for VMS is not exactly a crowded space. :-)

Have fun.

Arne