[vcf-midatlantic] VMS question
VAXman at tmesis.org
VAXman at tmesis.org
Fri Oct 20 14:12:09 EDT 2017
william degnan via vcf-midatlantic writes:
>To be precise I would type
>
>$ EDIT systartup_v5.com [enter] (for example)
>
>... and I would be greeted by a screen full of the file, so that I could
>use the cursor to jump around the file.
>
>Now, when I type
>
>$ EDIT systartup_v5.com [enter]
>
>... I see this:
>
>[$] !+++++ C*
>
>My question for you is, did you change the OS to change the way EDIt by
>default works, but more important why is this now happening and how can
>I get into a text editor style mode?
First, I just logged in and from the SYSTEM account:
$ SHOW SYMBOL E*
E*DIT == "EDIT/EDT/COMMAND=SYS$LOGIN:EDTINI.EDT"
This SHOULD elicit the EDT behavior you're used to seeing.
Also, and this is what happens when you're using a system configured by
a madman...
$ SHOW LOGICAL E*
(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
(LNM$JOB_80746EA0)
(LNM$GROUP_000001)
(LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
"EDTINI" = "SYS$MANAGER:EDTINI.EDT"
THis should be:
"EDTSYS" = "SYS$MANAGER:EDTINI.EDT"
I manually added EDTSYS to the system logical table.
Try things out now. I am assuming you're using the SYSTEM account for
all you're querying about.
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