Re: VI* on VMS

On 10/18/2024 8:48 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 10/18/2024 8:09 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2024-10-17, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 10/17/2024 8:53 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 10/17/2024 8:37 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

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.

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EVE does not have that out of the box.
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But then EVE has relative little out of the box.
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You can add it.
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Either DIY or grab a copy of Kenneth Faitfield's
EVE_MATCH_DELIMITORS.
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I am afraid there are no online archive of INFO-TPU, but
the most valuable pieces will have survived somewhere
(I got the above).

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Here it is.

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[snip]
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How is this run ? Do you have to manually press a key to do the matching
or does the routine get called automatically as you type (as in emacs) ?

 As is it is just a command. You can bind that command to a key of
your choice.
 Doing it automatically is an interesting question. I don't know how, but
maybe there is a way in TPU - an "on something changed event". I don't
think anyone wanted to do that back then (late 80's early 90's), but
with todays CPU's then why not.

I took a look at the TPU manual. It does not look like there
is anything smart for this.
It would of course be possible to do a callout in all
procedures that change current position. But that is a very
intrusive solution.
Seems like CTRL/whatever is the best practical.
Arne