Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!nuhub.acs.northeastern.EDU!UA_RLP From: UA_RLP@nuhub.acs.northeastern.EDU (Richard Pieri aka XENON - The Heavy Metal Warrior) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: RE: TPU Question (erasing buffers) Message-ID: <8805252313.AA10909@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 23 May 88 16:27:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 35 Nick Triantos asks: >Is there any way that anyone knows of to remove a buffer after it is no >longer needed. i.e.- >I have just edited a buffer called FOOBALL. Now I get a buffer called FOOBAR. >I am done with the buffer FOOBALL, and I would like to remove it from TPU >so that the buffer name "FO" is unique enough that I am put in FOOBAR. >The reason why I don't just quit and re-enter EVE with a new file is that >I have EVE running as a continuous subprocess which I just attach to whenever >I need it. (It speeds things up a bit.) I have re-defined ctrl-Z to do >the EVE command "ATTACH". I have a TPU utility that not only erases an existing buffer, but it also lists all active buffers (ALL, USER, and SYSTEM). It will then allow you to ERASE a buffer, MARK a buffer as modified, UNMARK a buffer as unmodified, SELECT the current buffer, CREATE a new buffer, and WRITE out a buffer. I'm reluctant to post it to the net since it is a large file (27K+), but I'll mail a copy to anyone who requests it. (I've already forwarded a copy to Mr. Triantos). ================================================================================ Cthulu for President: Why choose the lesser of Evils? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: UA_RLP@nuhub.acs.northeastern.edu | ________ or: rpieri@lynx.northeastern.edu | / __ \ ____ | / / \ / / / USnail: Richard Pieri | / / \/ / / Northeastern 14 Westdale Rd. | / / /\ / / University - Holbrook, MA 02343 | /___/ / \__/ / Boston, Other: rich-pieri@twilight.zone | \________/ Massachusetts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since any opinions I've stated are mine and not Northeastern University's, feel free to make any negative comments to what I've said, just say them behind my back! ================================================================================