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Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: VI* on VMS Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:26:58 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: <vepeji$274a1$1@dont-email.me> References: <87zfn4p2ul.fsf@lucy.meyer21c.net> <vep4bs$2cblv$1@dont-email.me> <vep554$26n$1@reader1.panix.com> <vep5j4$2cbm0$1@dont-email.me> <vep5m3$hal$1@reader1.panix.com> <67101c74$0$716$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:26:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="59224b44eede2871f83ab581fd554fbb"; logging-data="2330945"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18auVdiEmT4uJjT5nYxim1AZcE3i+HSyRM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:IC6lSu0WotvgejE1Sa1L1somIUQ= In-Reply-To: <67101c74$0$716$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Content-Language: en-GB On 16/10/2024 21:05, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 10/16/2024 3:54 PM, Dan Cross wrote: >> In article <vep5j4$2cbm0$1@dont-email.me>, >> Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote: >>> On 10/16/2024 3:45 PM, Dan Cross wrote: >>>> In article <vep4bs$2cblv$1@dont-email.me>, >>>> Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote: >>>>> On 10/16/2024 9:57 AM, David Meyer wrote: >>>>>> I'm helping operate an OpenVMS V7.3 system running on a VAXstation >>>>>> 4000-60. We have Vim 7.4 installed, but it appears to cause a big >>>>>> spike >>>>>> in CPU usage and DIOCNT whenever it's run. The person who >>>>>> installed it >>>>>> is no longer with us, and we are considering deleting Vim. >>>>>> >>>>>> We also have VILE installed, which limited experimentation has not >>>>>> shown >>>>>> to cause the same kind of performance problems. Does anyone know >>>>>> if VILE >>>>>> is indeed well-behaved on VMS? >>>>> >>>>> No idea about vile. >>>>> >>>>> But http://www.polarhome.com/vim/ shows vim 9.1-11 being available >>>>> for VMS. >>>>> >>>>> Before distching vim, then maybe check if an upgrade helps. From 7.4 >>>>> to 9.1 is a pretty big jump. >>>> >>>> You can't run 9.1 on a VAX. I assume that the VAXstation >>>> 4000-60 David mention is the hardware at the SDF museum. >>> >>> The above link has links to a bunch of vim-91*vax.zip files - >>> that is not version 9.1 for VAX?? >> >> Ah, I see now; I mixed up VMS and VIM versions there. > > Upgrading from the non-existing VMS VAX 7.4 to the > non-existing VMS VAX 9.1 would certainly be a problem. > > Arne > Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS? What is wrong with eve/tpu? or even LSE? -- Chris