ERROR MESSAGES

[SYSOP]

Someone asked if there is a way to slow down the display of error messages when
you LOAD a file (prn, kbd, etc.). Yes, there is. If you use the specific load
command -- ldkbd, ldprn, lddict, ldhelp -- rather than the generic LOAD command
-- load -- the error message will remain on the prompt line. When you use the
LOAD command, you are in effect using a shell command. LOAD looks at the load
i.d. at the beginning of the file and passes control to the appropriate module
(printing for ;PR;, keyboard for ;KB;, etc.). So it is the module that
generates the error message. The problem is the module terminates with the
error message and control returns to the generic LOAD module, which immediately
blips away the error message. So using the specific load command avoids this.

Additionally, if you are loading a printer file, try setting the ?? default to
1. Yes, that is DEFAULT ??=1. If this is set AND the printer file you are
loading has more than one error in it, you should see each one displayed in
sequence.

Error messages are at this time still tied to the clock speed of your computer.
So they will be brief on fast machines. However, in Xy 4, they will be timed to
"real time," not clock speed.

---chris