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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Apending a file at the end of mail.
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 13:04:42 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1h9o5aINN1c9@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <01GSK4HGLSY800036I@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>,<21DEC199210505504@spades.aces.com> <1h6a0uINN9ks@gap.caltech.edu>,<22DEC199209022524@spades.aces.com>
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- In article <22DEC199209022524@spades.aces.com>, gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546) writes:
- >In article <1h6a0uINN9ks@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes...
- >#
- >#[rather clumsy {since it needs a subprocess} answer deleted]
- >
- >I'm sorry, Carl, that we can't all be like you and use brain-dead
- >editors like TPU that are built into VMS.
- >
- >That's why REAL EXPERTS like yourself do the procedure() mumble mumble
- >in tpu, while the rest of us do it in two or three keystrokes in EDT.
- >Of course I don't mean Digital's EDT, I mean callable EDT with a shell
- >around it that supports spawning, etc.
-
- Ehud: Were you not suffering from cranial/rectal confusion, you'd've noticed
- that the procedure I posted doesn't require ANY keystrokes from someone
- answering his mail. He just edits one file ONCE, and thereafter everything's
- automatic!
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-