TECO under VMS 4.1

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From: Matt L. Fichtenbaum
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1985 21:33

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   OK, here's a problem for which I seek help.

   We have a VAX (750) running VMS.  We used to have lots of
VAXes running VMS, but switched some over to Un*x, but that's
another story.  We also have a TECO (fancy, cryptic editor)
that was apparently obtained from DECUS and is unsupported
by everybody.

   We just upgraded (?) this VAX to VMS 4.1.  Now, TECO has
a mode whereby it displays, and maintains, a window showing
the text buffer around the current pointer.  This window
requires a VT-100.

   When we switched to VMS 4.1, the window stopped working.
TECO accepts the command (5,7:w) to enable the window, but
returns 0 as the parameter's value (7:w=), indicating that
it refused to enable the window.

   Anybody have any ideas?  Maybe the new terminal driver
does something differently, and TECO hasn't learned there's
really a usable terminal out there.  I would be grateful for
any suggestions.

   I'll be more likely to notice suggestions sent by mail.
Thanks!

-- 

					Matt Fichtenbaum
					"Our job is to rescue fires,
					not put out your cat."

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