Re: sefu3.pm syntax ?

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flash:

> Can you give me an example of what to type on the cmd line with a real
> string in it, instead of placeholders?

Well, for starters, CAll SEFU3.PM and command RUN SEFU3.PM "3" (with quotes around the "3"). The cursor should land on the first 3-byte character in the file (func "NO "). No? Executing the command repeatedly should move the cursor from one func to the next. Yes?

If that works, then try RUN SEFU3.PM SV, which should find the string "SV", just like the regular SEarch command.

Next, try DeFining the first occurrence of func BC in the file (in the command "BC es 1XC "). Issue RUN SEFU3.PM with no argument. It should find later occurrences of "BC ".

The DeFine usage is really the most apropos for Xy3, because anything you can put on the CMline, you
can SEarch for with the native SEarch command; you don't need this program. Conversely, the CMline
won't accept 3-byte funcs and other 3-byte characters in 3-byte form, so the program in its CMline
usage isn't very useful for finding oddball stuff. The real power comes when you construct search
strings in text, DeFine them, and RUN SEFU3.PM (no argument on the CMline). Well, you can put SEarch
wildcard characters on the CMline, but, unlike in Xy4, wildcards don't occur in text in Xy3, only
the functions that put the on the CMline, so there's no point in trying to search for them.

Let me know if these commands work. And I have a couple of questions for you:

What version of Editor are you running? (I tested in v3.58B.) And what command(s) caused the
"Too many program calls" error?

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Carl Distefano
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