VIM on OpenVMS/VAX

[mcsuper5_vax]

Is vim installed on vax.polarhome.com?

If so, what do I need to include in login.com use it?

I'm not positive if I was getting errors that the path was wrong or if I had insufficient permissions to run it.

I tried to download it, but it is no longer available via ftp.

I'm using Putty on Win10 and a fairly standard multimedia US QWERTY Windows keyboard without a PF1 or Gold key in sight; so EDT is only a little better than CREATE.
Not that I remember how to use it anyway.

[zoli]

Hi,

sure, VIM is installed on all polarhome systems - including VAX.
...but you are right. The VIM82 directory was not readable by the WORLD, that is now solved.

You do not need to include anything - the following logicals and symbols should be set by default.

SYSTEM@vax$ sh symb vim
VI*M == "$ VIM:VIM.EXE"
SYSTEM@vax$ sh log vim
"VIM" = "DUA2:[UTIL.VIM82]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
SYSTEM@vax$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Feb 6 2020 22:49:56)
OpenVMS version - VAX
Included patches: 1-222
Compiled by SYSTEM@VAX::vax.polarhome.com
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl -farsi +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_xterm -tcl
+autocmd +find_in_path +multi_byte +termguicolors
+autochdir +float +multi_lang -terminal
-autoservername +folding -mzscheme +termresponse
-balloon_eval -footer -netbeans_intg +textobjects
-balloon_eval_term -gettext -num64 +textprop
-browse -hangul_input +packages +tgetent
++builtin_terms -iconv +path_extra -timers
+byte_offset +insert_expand -perl +title
-channel -job +persistent_undo -toolbar
+cindent +jumplist +popupwin +user_commands
-clientserver +keymap +postscript +vartabs
-clipboard +lambda +printer +vertsplit
+cmdline_compl +langmap -profile +virtualedit
+cmdline_hist -libcall -python +visual
+cmdline_info +linebreak -python3 +visualextra
+comments +lispindent +quickfix +viminfo
+conceal +listcmds -reltime +vreplace
+cryptv +localmap +rightleft +wildignore
-cscope -lua -ruby +wildmenu
+cursorbind +menu +scrollbind +windows
+cursorshape +mksession +signs -writebackup
+dialog_con +modify_fname +smartindent -X11
+diff +mouse -sound -xfontset
+digraphs -mouseshape +spell -xim
-dnd +mouse_dec -startuptime -xpm
-ebcdic -mouse_gpm +statusline -xsmp
+emacs_tags -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -xterm_clipboard
+eval +mouse_netterm +syntax -xterm_save
+ex_extra +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
+extra_search -mouse_sysmouse -tag_old_static
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "sys$login:.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "sys$login:vimfiles/vimrc"
3rd user vimrc file: "sys$login:_vimrc"
user exrc file: "sys$login:.exrc"
2nd user exrc file: "sys$login:_exrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
Compilation: cc/def=(FEAT_HUGE,HAVE_CONFIG_H ) /noopt/prefix=all /include=([.proto] ,[.xdiff])
Compiler: Compaq C V6.4-005 on OpenVMS VAX V7.3
Linking: link /exe=vim.exe ALL_OBJS_LIST.OPT/OPT