TPU VI bugs

[Mike Khaw]

Has anyone else tried to compile the VMS TPU VI code posted recently
in comp.sources.misc?  I found some obvious errors that were easy to fix:
in a couple of .COM files the symbol definition of "do" omitted the
logical symbol VI$ROOT; and in the created file VI.TPU, there were 4
lines that contained a bogus "a" in column 1.

Apart from that, things seemed to configure and compile, etc., OK, but
when I fired up vi, there were lots of mode-line error messages about
parameters being of the wrong type, and finally some message about being
unable to create a keymap buffer.  Worse, all keystrokes resulted in
a rectangular blob on the screen (in each character position) and more
complaints about parameter types and key mappings.  I couldn't even exit
from vi.

I've e-mailed the author and the comp.sources.misc moderator asking them
to check their copies and repost if necessary, but it may be too soon
yet to expect a response.

Since I'm not a TPU hacker and I don't spend much time on VMS, I welcome
any insights.

Thanks,
Mike Khaw
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