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- From: dhandly@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Dennis Handly)
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 16:44:22 GMT
- Subject: Re: Bad escape codes on 9000/720?
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Cal Language Lab
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- References: <1993Jan5.170026.16862@brtph560.bnr.ca>
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- >/ rjohns@brtph46.BNR.CA (Richard Johns P205) / 10:54 am Jan 8, 1993 /
- >Since the only example in the Pascal Programmer's Guide that shows how to
- >report escapecodes *is* a case statement, I feared the worst!
-
- Using a CASE statement was simpler to document and understand.
-
- >This isn't documented anywhere in the Pascal manuals.
-
- I didn't say that the message set stuff was in the manual, I just printed
- out the ascii source to the message catalog and the comments indicate
- the message set. The name of this file is in the man page.
-
- >No, actually, the escapecode section only mentions file PASESC.PUB.SYS on
- >MPE/iX. Please add a pointer to pasesc.ph!
-
- You must have an old manual. Throw it away and get the version for Aug
- 1992. :-) Manufacturing Part No. 92431-90014
- That filename should also be in the old man page.
-
- >Again, no, but it would help. It would only take a paragraph to explain the
- >connection to the error catalog and how decipher the escapecode. There's a
- >whole chapter for Error Recovery and Debugging; why not explain it all?
-
- We have filed SR 4701-172148 on the PG to document how to decode
- escapecodes. And it will give you a nice picture of the two fields.
-
- >Also, the man page could use another "SEE ALSO" or two. For instance, to
- >catgetmsg and the MPE/iX manuals, especially if that material really isn't
- >going to be included with HP-UX documentation.
-
- I don't plan on adding any explanation of the internals of the message
- catalog other than the names in the man page. And with the above changes
- to the PG, it isn't necessary to refer to the MPE/iX manual in the man page.
-