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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Lazy man is more productive
Date: 21 Apr 2000 14:21:01 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <8dpo4d$b8r$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <8do1ua$jjr$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, <dat_thuc_nguyen@my-deja.com> wrote:
: For long I am very frustrated of having to do a lot of typing:
:
: C-Kermit>.avar = 19
: C-Kermit>.bvar = 32
: ...
:
: After a while, if I want to know the value of avar, I have to type a
: long string:
:
: C-Kermit>echo \m(avar)
:
You could also type: show mac avar
It's no shorter but it's easier to type.
: I decided to put an end to this nightmare by defining a display
: function:
:
: C-Kermit>def dp { echo \m(\%1) }
:
Similarly "def dp show mac \%1"
- Frank