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From: SRWHMAS@windy.dsir.govt.nz (Mark Stephens)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs
Subject: DIRED for VMS, and some VMS Emacs questions
Keywords: VMS, DIRED, questions, answers
Message-ID: <518@windy.dsir.govt.nz>
Date: 27 Jul 89 09:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: genie@windy.dsir.govt.nz
Organization: DSIR Wellington, NZ
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(sorry if you've seen this - I had to repost because it didn't get where it
 should have gone last time)

Hi there. Is there any interest in a DIRED and LIST-DIRECTORY (?) for VMS?
I've just written one, but it's so simple it MUST have been done already
(or it has some incredibly stupid bug I've overlooked :-)

If anyone is interested, I'll post it.

Also, could anyone answer the following questions (sorry if they've been
asked before, but I'm new here!). They all relate to VMS.
  1. does Emacs know about VMS privs? If so, it doesn't know very much,
     because it won't save a file that I've modified if I don't own it, even
     if I have BYPASS (or even ALL privs!). Is there something I've set up
     wrong?
  2. When I log on, my terminal device type is VT200_Series, but Emacs changes
     this to VT100, then I can't use the keypad. If I do SET TERM/INQUIRE,
     it comes right, but when I re-enter Emacs the arrow and keypad/function
     keys go beserk (like it's interpreting the escape codes completely
     wrong). Does this sound right? Should this be happening? What can
     I do about it (no wise cracks please :-) ?
  3. does Emacs client work under VMS? I've looked at it briefly and looks
     like it's only for U*IX systems. Could this be done under VMS using
     mailboxes? Could this be done under VMS at all?

any answers appreciated. Thanks,
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Mark Stephens                      P = I think
Programmer and other things        Q = I am
DSIR/DIT, Wellington, NZ.       ~((Q & (P->Q))->P)
(genie@windy.dsir.govt.nz)
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