[Info-vax] VMS editor uncommon option

[Marc Van Dyck]

Arne Vajhøj was thinking very hard :
> 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

A naïve question : I have never been exposed, I must admit, to "modern
GUI editors". What more do they have to offer compared to, for example,
good old DECWindows LSE (with EDT keypad of course) ? Could you try to
convince me ?

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Marc Van Dyck