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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: It is not a bug but a suggestion for improvement of MSK315
Date: 8 Sep 1997 17:39:17 GMT
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In article <3412651b.3423267@news.calvacom.fr>,
Dominique Ottello <do11@calva.net> wrote:
: I have a suggestion for improvement of MSK315 :
:
: There are two different variables that give result of input and minput
: command :
:
: \v(instatus)
: Status of most recent INPUT or MINPUT command:
: -1 for not initialized yet
: 0 for success
: 1 for timed out
: 2 for user level Control-C interrupt
: 4 for connection lost
:
: \v(minput)
: Shows which search pattern was matched by the MINPUT command, which
: is a script INPUT command with one or more match patterns. The
: variable is 0 if no match was obtained.
:
: If \v(instatus) is more than 0 it is failure
: if \v(minput) is more than 0 it is success
:
: It is not coherent.
:
It's history.
: I suggest that \v(minput) not only gives the matched pattern but also gives
: the status of the command :
: -4 Connection Lost
: -3 User Level Control-C interrupt
: -2 Timed Out
: -1 Not initialized yet
: 0 No match
: 1 ..... XX number of matched pattern
:
Maybe we could do this, but we would have to keep the previous forms too,
and then any scripts that used the new values in the manner you suggest would
need to allow for the old ones too if they were to be portable. Anyway, we
will consider this suggestion; thanks!
- Frank