[Info-vax] VI* on VMS

Chris Townley news at cct-net.co.uk
Thu Oct 17 08:43:44 EDT 2024


On 17/10/2024 13:37, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2024-10-16, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS?
>>
> 
> VI on VMS is just about using what you already know IMHO, in the same
> way as I enable EDT keypad mapping in emacs.
> 
>> What is wrong with eve/tpu? or even LSE?
>>
> 
> However, when it comes to emacs, it does a _lot_ that EVE does not do.
> For one simple but very important example, you have brace matching in
> emacs so you can easily check the closing brace matches the correct
> opening brace.
> 
> Simon.
> 

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Chris



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