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Date: April 16, 1986 17:43
From: KIM::RAINS
To: @sys$mail:junk
There is a new utility available on the system. It is a text browser which allows you to examine random points in a source file (i.e., somewhere between "TYPE" and "EDIT/READ_ONLY"). So why use it rather than "EDIT/READ_ONLY"? For now, only a couple of reasons. First, it's a wee bit faster than the editor, and uses fewer sytem resources (big deal, you say). Second, it supports the concept of bookmarks. You can quickly access any of 5 places in the text with a single keystroke. This is NICE when you want to switch quickly among several places in the text, and want a full screen of information in each place. The program is called "VU". You need to define the following symbol (probably in your LOGIN.COM) to use it: $ vu :== @utl$com:vu Then you can call it by: $ vu textfile where "textfile" is any non_ambiguous_file_spec. No switches are supported at this time. The command structure is very similar to EDT keypad mode cursor functions, with the editing and character oriented stuff removed. Additionally: RETURN forward 22 lines LINE FEED backward 22 lines SPACE BAR forward a line BACK SPACE backward a line GOLD a thru Set the associated bookmark at the GOLD e current cursor postion a thru e Go to bookmark A thru E Control-Z exit You need a CIT-101 or equivalent to run it properly. It does nasty things with files that aren't variable CRLF or stream-LF. If you need to look at runoff documents, you will want to use "RVU" instead: $ rvu :== @utl$com:rvu Please send questions, comments, bug reports and suggestions (which are likely to be ignored) to KIM::RAINS. Lo V> / \ Rains
Apr 16, 1986