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Subject: Re: VMS on/under/istead of/and UNIX
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>>>>> On 31 May 91 12:58:32 GMT,
>>>>> "jochen%[131.220.221.30]"@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de said:

jochen> Perhaps we can make a PD set out of it? 

As far as migrating VMS-->UNIX, some VMS-like public domain like tools
for UNIX would be

jochen> 	4. VMS tools and VMS related tools

GNU Emacs editor (which also runs on VMS) has EDT editor emulation
built in.  It lives on prep.ai.mit.edu.  Here's an additional shred
for emacs:

tpu		  88-11-01
     Jeffrey Kowalski, <kowalski@svax.cs.cornell.edu>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/tpu.el.Z
     EDT/TPU Emulator

jochen> 	5. DCL command shell

I believe the BASH shell lets you use the arrow keys just like DCL.
See newsgroup gnu.bash.bug.

Also, to emulate the VMS DISCONNECT command, try "screen" by Oliver
Laumann (ftp prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/screen-2.1.tar.Z (works on
Berkeley style UNIXes)).  Allows up to 10 character based windows, and
you can logoff, go home, log back in, and get your windows back, etc.