NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/vms/14856

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From: [e-mail] (Michael T. Davis)
Subject: Re: Long lines and DCL line editing
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:34:40 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, I wrote:

>
>    I believe the original message mentioned that before an OS upgrade, the
>ability existed, but was lost after the upgrade.  I remember having the ability
>to move about freely within multi-line commands under 4.6, without the need to
>delete lines at the end of the command.  (I can't speak to 4.7, since we went
>from 4.6 to 5.x.)  I'm not sure if the reasoning behind the modified behavior
>was ever explained.  (BTW, multi-line command line editing is available under
>the tcsh shell [any others?]; is the implementation really that awkward for
>the terminal driver under 5.x?)
>

    Upon reflection, what might be different in our case is the use of the
older-style Xyplex terminal servers (which utilize a proprietary coaxial net-
work).  Perhaps back with VMS 4.6 and the particular version of the Xyplex
terminal symbiont, the symbiont handled line editing.  At any rate, it would be
nice if VMS supported such a feature directly.  It's really annoying typing out
one of those long BACKUP commands, only to discover back on the first line
of the three-line command, you entered DUA0 instead of DUA1.

                            Mike
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