gkn@LUAC.SDSC.EDU (06/28/87)
From: KARNEY%PPC.MFENET@nmfecc.arpa Subject: Bug in line editing? Date: Fri, 26 Jun 87 12:07:56 PDT Line editing seems to get upset if there are TABs in the line. E.g., if you type to DCL foo<TAB>bar<BS>barf nothing will happen when you type the last "barf". This is with insert editing (else type CTRL/A) on VMS 4.5 Charles: Please see page 8-3 of the VAX/VMS I/O User's Reference Manual: Part I, which is in volume 10A. There, in section 8.2.1.1 it states: "Use of the terminal driver's editing functions result in serveral restrictions. These restrictions are: . The cursor cannot be moved to a previous line after a line wrap. . A character cannot be inserted if the insertion would force a line wrap or a tab follows the current cursor position. . A word cannot be deleted at the beginning of a line after a line wrap. . The line editing function cannot be assigned to other keys." gkn -------------------------------------- Arpa: GKN@SDSC.ARPA Bitnet: GKN@SDSC Span: SDSC::GKN (27.1) USPS: Gerard K. Newman San Diego Supercomputer Center P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92138 AT&T: 619.534.5076