[Info-vax] VI* on VMS

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Oct 16 16:05:10 EDT 2024


On 10/16/2024 3:54 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> 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.

Upgrading from the non-existing VMS VAX 7.4 to the
non-existing VMS VAX 9.1 would certainly be a problem.

Arne



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