Sujet : Re: VI* on VMS
De : cross (at) *nospam* spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Groupes : comp.os.vmsDate : 21. Oct 2024, 22:45:27
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In article <
lnnf0sFlfgnU2@mid.individual.net>,
bill <
bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/17/2024 8:37 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
On 2024-10-16, Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
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Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS?
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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?
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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.
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Which is great if your writing C programs. But of little value for
anything else.
Brace matching generalizes to parenthesis matching, or any paired
symbols with an "open" character and a "close" character: <>, [],
etc. Parenthesis matching is very useful for e.g. Lisp.
- Dan C.
VI* on VMS
Re: VI* on VMS