[Info-vax] VI* on VMS

[Dave Froble]

On 10/16/2024 6:26 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
> 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?
>

Could be what the user is used to using ...

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