[Info-vax] VMS editor uncommon option

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/31/2024 10:57 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/30/2024 8:17 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I could not get plugin manager to download - not sure if
>> it is a JEdit VMS problem or just a network setup problem - anyway
>> one can just download the plugins and copy them
>> to [.jedit.5^.5^.0.jars] and they seem to work - I don't
>> want to use JEdit without the BufferTabs and JDiff plugins.
> 
> If anyone want to take it for a spin then I suggest
> the following.
> 
> Global Options - Editing - enable soft tabs [to get spaces instead of tabs]
> 
> Global Options - Saving & Backup - disable two stage save and max 
> backups 0 [to work with VMS file versions]
> 
> Global Options - General - disable restore open files and split [unless 
> you like to hop right back in]
> 
> install BufferTabs plugin
>      options enable by default
>      options location top
>      (and Global Options - View - disable show buffer switcher [to avoid 
> duplication])
> 
> install JDiff plugin

It does syntax coloring.

Works fine for C, Java etc..

Not quite as fine for VMS Basic, VMS Pascal, DCL etc..

But for those that want it then you can add a
[.jedit.5^.5^.0.modes]whatever.xml and and put
a ref into [.jedit.5^.5^.0.modes]catalog. to
get it.

Arne