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- From: j1h9453@eagle.tamu.edu (Joel Andrew Huddleston)
- Subject: Re: Multitudinous Problems With NU-TPU and ^Z
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.215115.12833@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Academic Computing Services
- References: <1992Aug10.225444.17475@amhux2.amherst.edu> <1992Aug25.052005.12837@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:51:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug25.052005.12837@chpc.utexas.edu>, aswx266@chpc.utexas.edu (Michael Lemke) writes:
- |> In article <1992Aug10.225444.17475@amhux2.amherst.edu> twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
- |> >Some background: we are running Ultrix 4.2 on a DECstation 5000/133.
- |> > ... VMS users to an
- |> >unfamiliar Unix environment, we wish to provide them with TPU ...
- |> > ... NU-TPU which has worked pretty well so far.
- |>
- |> I am surprised you say this. My experience with it is rather bad. The
- |> ...
- |> >
- |> >The problem is that TPU uses ^Z for the key to enter extended
- |> >commands....
- |>
- |> I experienced the same problem but gave up on it--actually never tried
- |> to investigate.
- |>
- |> [other stuff deleted]
- [other stuff deleted]
-
- DECTPU is now on the CSLG program. You both look like you are from
- educational institutions, so I hope you are in the CSLG. I installed it
- just the other day and must tell you that I have nothing but good things
- to say about it.
-
- It solves the ^Z issue by changing the ^Z VMS convention to the ^D Ultrix
- convention. ^Z still acts as you expect in Ultrix, that is, it suspends
- the process but ^D takes you to command mode or you can simply use the
- <DO> key on a vt terminal. Also included are the MOTIF (tm) and XUI (tm)
- GUIs with menus etc. Really a nice package. Certainly the best text
- editor I have used on a UNIX machine in terms of ease of use and learning
- curves. I could even use the old familiar "set keypad edt" to get keypad
- on my DECstation to "do the right things." I haven't gotten in to custom
- section files yet, but that is the next step and it looks fairly trivial.
-
- All in all, this is a great package. As soon as I can retrain my fingers
- not to think in vi, this will be my default editor.
-
- --
- Joel Huddleston eka zod@tamu.edu
- Not responsible... Not reliable... Your mileage may... Caveat E...
-