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1.1       root        1: This version of ex/vi has modifications to make it run under vms.
                      2: Files that are specific to VMS are stored in the "vms" subdirectory.
                      3: When installed on a VMS system, all files should be in the same
                      4: directory (i.e. files in the "vms" subdirectory should be moved into
                      5: the main directory).  The file "makefile.com" is a DCL script for
                      6: compiling the ex/vi system under vms.  You will need a C compiler with
                      7: all the #include files installed in SYS$LIBRARY.  If they are placed in
                      8: other directory, you will need to define either VAXC$INCLUDE or
                      9: C$INCLUDE to be the other directory.  Then you should be able to type
                     10: 
                     11:        @makefile all
                     12: 
                     13: and produce an ex.exe image.
                     14: 
                     15: Since vms does not support links, this version of ex/vi tries to figure
                     16: out how it was invoked by looking at the *second* argument (argv[1])
                     17: with which it was called.  Thus, the proper way to invoke the image is
                     18: by having defined strings such as
                     19: 
                     20:        EX == "$DEV:[DIR]EX.EXE EX"
                     21:        VI == "$DEV:[DIR]EX.EXE VI"
                     22:        VIEW == "$DEV:[DIR]EX.EXE VIEW"
                     23:        EDIT == "$DEV:[DIR]EX.EXE EDIT"
                     24: 
                     25: You must also define the terminal type as well as termcap location, e.g.
                     26: 
                     27:        define term "vt100"
                     28:        define termcap usr:[huang]term.cap
                     29: 
                     30: Note that the "vt100" is in lower case.  This is very important since
                     31: vi and termcap are case sensitive.  The default location of the termcap
                     32: file is "etc:termcap." but may be overridden by defining the "termcap"
                     33: logical name.
                     34: 
                     35: Good luck.
                     36: 
                     37:                                Conrad Huang
                     38: 
                     39:                                [email protected]
                     40:                                [email protected]
                     41:                                ucbvax!ucsfcgl!conrad

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