On 12 Oct 2005 at 22:36, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> This morning I went back to using my beloved Programmer Studio and now
> would certainly use nothing else for editing files on my HP3000......

Editors are like religions, once you get used to one it is hard to 
see virtue in anything else and if you do happen to convert then the 
attachment to the new becomes almost fanatical.  However, setting up 
PS on two HP3000 systems (one of which is on permanent standby) 
involves far more effort and expense than the benefit to be obtained 
therefrom warrants. The PS client is further constrained in that it 
is available only for MS-Windows and we use Linux work stations 
extensively. 

Despite deprecating comments from some of my colleagues I happen to 
prefer vim on both Linux and Windows. As MPEiX's vi does not handle 
MPE namespace files properly I am perforce required to use something 
else on that platform.  (I intend to experiment with the myvi command 
file skeleton kindly provided by Lars Appel at some point).  Still, 
neither vi, quad, nor qedit will run in page/visual mode over 
freevt3k, which is what I use to connect to the HP3000 after 
establishing an ssh connection to a local linux box from outside our 
firewall.  Thus sometimes I am constrained to employ a command line 
editor anyway.

It really comes down to relative productivity. I use QEDIT on the 
HP3000 because vi is so difficult to use in that environment 
(particularly before 6.0 and especially in the MPE namespace) and we 
had QEDIT from the days when we ran a Series 37.  I am used to QEDIT 
and for my limited requirements it is entirely satisfactory. I miss 
it on the DR box that I am curently configuring but that requirement 
is transitory and nearly finished.  

Our development is now all done on Linux boxes under subversion using 
vim.  This setup runs well over ssh and provides all of the 
functionality that we find necessary.

Regards,
Jim

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