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From: pengo@tmpmbx.UUCP (Hans H. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: VWS Weirdness, template devices ?
Message-ID: <52@tmpmbx.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 88 21:25:05 GMT
Organization: netmbx GbR, Berlin - West Germany
Lines: 44
Keywords: vws, template devices

Hello,

I hope this is no RTFM-kind of problem. It could either be a problem with
VWS or VMS in general.

I'm using a VAXStation II/RC with VWS V3.2 and MicroVMS V4.5b. VWS looks
nice to me so far, but I'm missing features like a setup-file, which saves
me from opening and repositioning four windows every time i log in.
The obvious solution i found was to write a DCL procedure, which assigns
channels to WTA0: for each terminal window i need. I intended to SPAWN
processes onto each window. To archive this, i need to know the name of the
created window, since WTA0: is only a template device. I haven't been playing
around with these template devices so far, but in my understanding i get a
new pseudodevice if i assign a channel to the template (i.e. a X.29
terminal with VAX PSI, a new window with VWS, a new pseudo tty with the pty
driver etc..). It would now at least be logical if DCL remembered the name
of the created device. Unfortunately the logical name which identifies the
opened file translates to "_TMPMBX$WTAx", where x is a number which doesn't
get used for a created terminal. For example, if i have one window on my
screen (WTA1:), and open WTA0: to create a new window, the logical of the
opened window translates to _TMPMBX$WTA2:, but WTA2: doesn't exist. The
*real* name of the new window is WTA3:. This looks at least strange to me.
Furthermore, if i open a second channel to WTA0:, the logical name again
translates to _TMPMBX$WTA3, and the device is named WTA4:.

Can anyone here explain what's going on or give me another hint on how to
set up the VAXStation without having to fiddle with the mouse endlessly ?

I'd also be interested in knowing if it's normal that VWS crashes sometimes ?
My machine Bugchecks frequently if I click in the upper right corner of the
screen. Just curious ;-)

By the way, does anyone have a version of SLIP running on VMS ?

	Thanks for any hint,
				Hans

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