Re: VI* on VMS

On 22/10/2024 13:34, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 10/22/2024 8:29 AM, Chris Townley wrote:

On 22/10/2024 13:25, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 10/22/2024 8:21 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2024-10-21, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 10/21/2024 8:14 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2024-10-18, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

Code updated to fix a few issues (not supporting
empty file, having to explicit specify "tpu" as
argument).

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This code is technically a solution in the same way that writing an
accounting system in TECO is also technically possible. :-)

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It actually works reasonable nice on a fast x86-86 system. I would
not want to run it on an old VAX with a lot of users.
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The right solution to automate would be to modify every position
changing procedure to do a check. But that would mean hacking a lot
of code.
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No, the "right" solution would be to add a:
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    on_key_press(whatever...)
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handler. :-)

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True. But only VSI can do that.
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And I believe there has been no changes to TPU since VMS 5.0.
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And VSI seems to push VMS IDE (VS Code) on PC for advanced
development.
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So I would not hold my breath waiting for that.

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I wonder if they might put it in LSE?

 It would be more natural to add it there.
 But I think LSE is a total dead end. VSI will port
LSE to x86-64 as is and that will be it.
 VMS IDE is intended to replace all LSE usage.
 EVE will still be needed for let us call it "causual
editing". VMS IDE is not an obvious choice to add a line
to SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.
 Arne
 

They have another release of DECSET planned, for all platforms
--
Chris