From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <10hefto$27lfs$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Simon Clubley   wrote:   
   >On 2025-12-10, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> bill   wrote:   
   >>>On 12/8/2025 9:12 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 6) Nothing matching "man -k" in the DCL HELP facility.   
   >>>   
   >>>Problems with a lot of what you said, but this one sticks out the most.   
   >>>   
   >>>DCL is the equivalent of a Unix Shell.  "man -k" has absolutely   
   >>>nothing to do with a Unix Shell.  It's a standalone utility that   
   >>>searches the man files for keywords.  One could always write an   
   >>>equivalent for VMS HELP if anyone really cared.  Heck, you could   
   >>>even call it "man" and give it a "k" option.  :-)   
   >>   
   >> Agreed.  Simon, much on your list was complaints about the   
   >> overall interactive VMS environment, not so much about DCL.   
   >> E.g., comparing `SEARCH` and `grep` is fine, but drawing   
   >> conclusions about DCL as a result does not follow.   
   >   
   >That may be true in the environments you are used to, but in the VMS   
   >world, there's a tendency to regard the standard vendor-supplied   
   >DCL commands and DCL itself all as one standard combined package.   
      
   Pish.  I know that you are more sophisticated than that.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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