Re: VI* on VMS

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@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 10/16/2024 3:45 PM, Dan Cross wrote:

In article <vep4bs$2cblv$1@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@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.
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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?

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No idea about vile.
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But http://www.polarhome.com/vim/ shows vim 9.1-11 being available
for VMS.
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Before distching vim, then maybe check if an upgrade helps. From 7.4
to 9.1 is a pretty big jump.

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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.

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The above link has links to a bunch of vim-91*vax.zip files -
that is not version 9.1 for VAX??

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Ah, I see now; I mixed up VMS and VIM versions there.

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Upgrading from the non-existing VMS VAX 7.4 to the
non-existing VMS VAX 9.1 would certainly be a problem.
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Arne
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Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS?
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What is wrong with eve/tpu? or even LSE?
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Could be what the user is used to using ...
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