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- NAME
- scmsg_rendezvous.rexx - A rendezvous script for SCMSG and TTX - requires REXX
-
- FUNCTION
- This simple rexx script functions as a rendezvous port between SAS/C's
- (version 6.0 and up) SCMSG message browser utility and the TurboText
- editor. When SCMSG is used with one of the supplied configuration
- files, SCMSG will send its messages to SCMSG_TTX_RENDEZVOUS message
- port which scmsg_rendezvous has opened. Scmsg_rendezvous interprets
- and delivers the messages to the correct TTX window.
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- - Arexx and Turbotext, of course
- - AmigaOS 2.04 (need to modify the configuration file and/or rexx
- script for use under earlier OS versions)
- - rexxsupport.library
- - rexxarplib.library (a small modification to the script is needed
- to run without it)
-
- INSTALLATION
- - copy scmsg_rendezvous.rexx to REXX:
- - copy TTX_opts.scmsg (or TTX_opts.scmsg.wsh if you have WShell) to
- ENV:sc/SCMSG and ENVARC:sc/SCMSG
- That's it! There's no need to run scmsg_rendezvous as SCMSG does
- it for you if it cannot find the SCMSG_TTX_RENDEZVOUS message port
- which the script is supposed to open.
-
- NOTES
- - The documentation on SCMSG is not entirely correct (or complete).
- For example, when SCMSG substitutes the filename for %f, it
- currently seems to automatically enclose the filename in quotes
- when needed (if the name contains a space). This doesn't seem
- to be documented anywhere, so the script might need modification
- when a new SAS/C release comes out, as it relies on this feature.
- Also, the %c template does not expand to the error column but to
- the error class!
- - Did you know that hitting ALT-CONTROL-HELP in SCMSG window
- pops up an AmigaGuide on SAS/C error/warning messages?
-
- FILES
- scmsg_rendezvous.rexx - the script (should be copied to REXX:)
- TTX_opts.scmsg - SCMSG configuration file (should be copied
- to ENVARC:sc/SCMSG)
- TTX_opts.scmsg.wsh - SCMSG configuration file for WShell 2.0
- owners (should be copied to ENVARC:sc/SCMSG)
- scmsg_rendezvous.doc - this documentation file
-
- BUGS
- The SCMSG "altfile" command (alt-RETURN) does not work if the project's
- "home directory" is different from that of the scmsg_rendezvous process.
- This is actually a "feature" of the SCMSG utility as it doesn't return
- the full filename of the alternate file. An enhancement request has been
- made through EMITS and a fix should appear in SAS/C version 6.3 (great
- support, SAS folks!).
-
- AUTHOR
- Kari Sutela, (Internet email: Kari.Sutela@utu.fi).
-