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- Before reading this file, which is just a collection of random notes, read the
- file VMSAAA.HLP, which tries to give a systematic overview of how to install
- VMS Kermit.
-
- ------------------ VMSINS.HLP ---------------------------------
-
- MOUNT tape specifying the blocksize:
-
- MOUNT dev:/BLOCKSIZE=8192
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29-AUG-1986 16:58:53
- From: SYSTEM@UK.AC.CRC
- Subject: Help needed on VMS Kermit help files
-
- I have copied over Kermit for the Vax/VMS onto our microVax. It
- appears to run, but HELP does not work, it says cannot open !AS as input.
- I have copied vmsusr.hlp and vmssys.hlp into the help directory, do you
- know what I am doing wrong?
-
- We have only recently got the uVax, and I am not very well up on it,
- but we have the coloured books up and running, although we have not yet got
- ourselves into the name registration scheme. We are UK.AC.CRC (the Clinical
- Research Centre, part of the Medical Research Council) and are on
- 000044801000.ftp.mail. I am Eeoff Gibbs, although I am usually logged in as
- SYSTEM.
-
- Geoff Gibbs
-
-
- ---------------------------------------
-
-
- Date: Sat, 6 Sep 86 02:31 AST
- From: IUS%DACTH51@UK.AC.RL.EARN (Eberhard W. Lisse)
- Subject: Installing VMS Kermit help file
-
-
- VMS needs the ASCII files produced by RUNOFF to be installed into special HELP
- libraries with the LIBRARIAN utility so the HELP facility
- (SYS$SYSTEM:VMSHELP.EXE) can work on them.
-
- I have looked up the installation procedure and made up a file to do it for
- you.
-
- If you have only VMSYS.HLP and VMSUSR.HLP cut the second part, save it to
- INS.COM and run it.
-
- If you have KERMIT.RNH cut all of it and run it (the second part will not
- be executed)
-
-
- el
-
- (Eberhard W. Lisse)
- Technical University Aachen Medical School
-
-
-
- $! --------------cut here and save to INS.COM ------------
- $!
- $! this one calls up from the VMS level
- $!
- $! $ @INS
- $!
- $!
- $!
- $! you are logged in under SYSTEM anyway, right ?
- $!
- $ ON ERROR THEN CONTINUE
- $! so the next instruction doesn't bomb
- $!
- $ LIBRARY/HELP/DELETE=KERMIT SYS$HELP:HELPLIB.HLB
- $! If there is an error, ignore it.
- $! As it is a first time installation there is no Kermit entry
- $! in the Help library.
- $! This is hust for completeness as one needs to do it like this
- $! when installing an upgrade.
- $!
- $!
- $ RUNOFF KERMIT.RNH/VAR=SYSTEM
- $! this produces KERMIT.HLP with the SYSTEM option which should
- $! be the same as your VMSSYS.HLP
- $!
- $ LIBRARY/INSERT/HELP SYS$HELP:HELPLIB.HLB KERMIT.HLP
- $! this installs it in the system HELP library where one can
- $! access it from VMS level
- $!
- $! $ HELP KERMIT
- $!
- $ RUNOFF KERMIT.RNH
- $! this produces KERMIT.HLP withOUT the SYSTEM option which
- $! should be the same as your VMSUSR.HLP
- $!
- $ LIBRARY/CREATE/HELP SYS$HELP:KERMIT.HLB KERMIT.HLP
- $! this is the HELP file Kermit is looking for (!AS not found ...)
- $! One might want to PURGE KERMIT.HLB when installing an upgrade
- $!
- $!
- $ EXIT
- $!
- $!
- $!
- $! if you don't have the KERMIT.RNH you do it like this:
- $!
- $! ------------cut here and save to file INS.COM ------------
- $!
- $ ON ERROR THEN CONTINUE
- $ LIBRARY/HELP/DELETE=KERMIT SYS$HELP:HELPLIB.HLB
- $ LIBRARY/INSERT/HELP SYS$HELP:HELPLIB.HLB VMSSYS.HLP
- $ LIBRARY/CREATE/HELP SYS$HELP:KERMIT.HLB VMSUSR.HLP
- $ EXIT
- $!
- $!
- $! ---------end of INS.COM ------------
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 08 Sep 86 14:29:54 BST
- From: Mike_Brudenell <CLE8 @ UK.AC.NEWCASTLE.MTS>
- To: syskermit @ UK.AC.LANCS.VAX1
- Subject: Installing VAX/VMS Kermit made simple (?)
-
- Installing VMS Kermit (mainly concerned with its Help system)
- ===================== ---------------------------------------
-
- The following gives one possible method of installing VAX/VMS Kermit
- on a system without using System Manager priveliges (spelling?). As
- such it should be useable by all users.
-
- Unless a clever bit of jiggery pokery is done when calling VAX/VMS
- Kermit, attempting to use HELP *does* resort in the "cannot open !AS
- as input" message. I enclose some (hopefully reasonably clear, at
- least to VMS people) instructions on how I successfully got Kermit and
- its Help system up and running on our machine.
-
- Firstly, ensure you have the VMSUSR.HLP and VMSSYS.HLP files copied to
- your Kermit directory. These ".HLP" files are "source text" that must
- be "compiled" into a Help Library file with type ".HLB" using the
- Librarian facility. This is done as follows:
-
- VMSSYS.HLP
- This file is designed to be included in the system's main Help
- database. You will need access to this if you wish to insert it
- (eg. be the SYSTEM manager ... it is not essential to include
- this Help facility). Assuming you are on as SYSTEM in the Kermit
- directory, the command you need is along the lines of:
- LIBRARY/HELP SYS$HELP:HELPLIB VMSSYS.HLP
-
- VMSUSR.HLP
- This file is accessed from within Kermit. The name of the ".HLB"
- file should be the same as that of the Kermit ".EXE" file (eg.
- KERMIT.EXE and KERMIT.HLB). The ".HLB" file should be placed in
- the same directory as the rest of the Kermit files. It should be
- "compiled" as follows:
- LIBRARY/HELP/CREATE KERMIT VMSUSR.HLP
-
- Ensure that the resulting ".HLB" file is appropriately permitted
- (eg. R to Group and World).
-
- This has now compiled and installed the two Help libraries. The
- ".HLP" files are no longer needed. Now you have to ensure Kermit
- knows about them. You will need a "symbol definition" which can
- either be placed in the main system Login command procedure, or users
- can place it in their own individual LOGIN.COM files. You will also
- need a command procedure.
-
- In the following, I make the following assumptions:
-
- * The Kermit directory is on a device called "USER1" and called
- "[KERMIT]"
- * The executable file is held in KERMIT.EXE
- and hence (see above) the help library file is in KERMIT.HLB
- * The start-up command procedure is called KERMIT.COM
- * A Kermit initialisation file is held in KERMIT.INI
-
- Change any of these to the values appropriate to your system.
-
-
- Symbol definition (in either the main system Login file,
- ----------------- or a user's own LOGIN.COM)
-
- KERMIT == "@UQER1:[KERMIT]KERMIT"
-
-
- Command procedure (permitted at least Execute to Group and World!)
- ----------------- (Ensure the "$"s have no spaces before them!!)
-
- $ !
- $ ! Command file to call Kermit on a VAX/VMS system.
- $ !
- $ ! Author: Mike Brudenell
- $ ! Site: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- $ ! Date: June 24, 1986
- $ !
- $ set noverify
- $ set noon
- $ !
- $ on control_y then goto FINISH
- $ set terminal tt /nowrap/nomodem/noeight ! "Magic" for (only?) our network
- $ define/u kermdir USER1:[KERMIT] ! Directory holding Kermit files
- $ ! Delete the following line (and this comment) if you
- $ ! do not have/need a system Kermit initialisation file.
- $ define/u vmskermit kermdir:KERMIT.INI ! Kermit initialisation file
- $ define/u kermit kermdir:KERMIT ! "Magic" to access Help library
- $ define/u sys$input sys$command: ! Take input from keyboard
- $ run KERMIT ! Run Kermit (defaults to ".EXE")
- $ !
- $ FINISH:
- $ set on
- $ exit
-
-