[Info-vax] VI* on VMS

[Chris Townley]

On 16/10/2024 21:05, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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
> 

Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS?

What is wrong with eve/tpu? or even LSE?

-- 
Chris