[Info-vax] VI* on VMS

[Dan Cross]

In article <vep5j4$2cbm0$1 at dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>On 10/16/2024 3:45 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article <vep4bs$2cblv$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> On 10/16/2024 9:57 AM, David Meyer wrote:
>>>> I'm helping operate an OpenVMS V7.3 system running on a VAXstation
>>>> 4000-60. We have Vim 7.4 installed, but it appears to cause a big spike
>>>> in CPU usage and DIOCNT whenever it's run. The person who installed it
>>>> is no longer with us, and we are considering deleting Vim.
>>>>
>>>> We also have VILE installed, which limited experimentation has not shown
>>>> to cause the same kind of performance problems. Does anyone know if VILE
>>>> is indeed well-behaved on VMS?
>>>
>>> No idea about vile.
>>>
>>> But http://www.polarhome.com/vim/ shows vim 9.1-11 being available
>>> for VMS.
>>>
>>> Before distching vim, then maybe check if an upgrade helps. From 7.4
>>> to 9.1 is a pretty big jump.
>> 
>> You can't run 9.1 on a VAX.  I assume that the VAXstation
>> 4000-60 David mention is the hardware at the SDF museum.
>
>The above link has links to a bunch of vim-91*vax.zip files -
>that is not version 9.1 for VAX??

Ah, I see now; I mixed up VMS and VIM versions there.

	- Dan C.