Re: XPL shortcuts etc.

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from eric.van_tassel@xxxxxxxx (eric.van_tassel@xxxxxxxx) Tue, 24 Dec 1996 12:20:54 -0800

> ... allows the user to input any function call on the command line --
> e.g. for a search or replace instruction -- in ordinary keystrokes

My impression is that van Tassel wants to put the *actual* func on the
CMline, not the {Ascii-11}+2char_mnemonic for it. Certainly that must be
what Tyson's program achieved, since III+ didn't offer the Ascii-11
trick. My solution, previously posted, works also in III+ (or should --
can't think why it wouldn't). Tyson's program is a leviathan, displaying
zero technique; mine is at least economical.

What's more, I located Carl's program, also named PFUN (which is why I
couldn't find it -- kept flagging my own PM), and part of SmartSet. The
main differences are: Carl's program allows you to continue entering a
series of functions, until you hit Escape; my program enters one function
at a time only. Carl's program puts functions in Text only; my program
puts them either in Text or on the CMline (wherever your cursor is located
when you run the PM). They both work, and they both hinge upon the
built-in PFUN command, which enables access to every existing function (no
need for good-today/obsolete-tomorrow tables ? la Tyson).

N.B.: My mail reader has a bug which inserts a space at the end of each
line, thereby screwing up decoding -- here is my PM again, in both
XPLeNCODEd and UUencoded forms, without the space that crept in last time:

XPLeNCODE v1.9
b-gin [UNTITLED]
{<}GLA{>}[cr|lf]
{{;5pfun}} Insert real function, either in Te
xt or on CMline[cr|lf]
{2}{<}LBA{>}{<}IF{<}VN$WS{>}<>1{>}{<}PR
No file{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>}{<}SX01,{<}VN$TX{>}{>}[SI_][BX_](pf
un {<}PRPFUN-ing...{>}{<}RC{>}{<}RC{>}{<}PR {>}){<}IF{<}PV01{
>}<1{>}[YD_][YD_][DF_][CL_][DF_]{<}SV01{>}[RD_]{<}SV02,[CL_]{
>}{<}SV03,[{>}{<}XS02,03,04,,03{>}{<}SX01,{<}IS04{>}+{<}IS01{
>}{>}{<}SV02,{27}X{>}{<}XS01,02,02,,03{>}{<}SX03,"[255+70+70]
"+{<}IS03{>}{>}[GH_]{<}GT03{>}{<}EI{>}{<}EX{>}{2}[cr|lf][cr|l
f]
-nd
XPLeNCODE


Moronic UUenCoder for XyWrite RexXPL v1.0 R.J.Holmgren 9/22/96
begin 644 PFUN.U2
MKD=,0:\-"GM[-7!F=6Y]?2!);G-E'0@;W(@;VX@0TUL:6YE#0H"KDQ"0:^N24:N5DXD5U.O/#XQKZY0
M4DYO(&9I;&6OKD58KZY%2:^N4U@P,2RN5DXD5%BOK_^`X_^"JRAP9G5N(*Y0
M4E!&54XM:6YG+BXNKZY20Z^N4D.OKE!2(*\IKDE&KE!6,#&O/#&O_X$]_X$]
M_X!K_X!;_X!KKE-6,#&O_X#1KE-6,#(L_X!;KZY35C`S+%NOKEA3,#(L,#,L
M,#0L+#`SKZY36#`Q+*Y)4S`TKRNN25,P,:^OKE-6,#(L&UBOKEA3,#$L,#(L
M,#(L+#`SKZY36#`S+"+_1D8B*ZY)4S`SKZ__@&VN1U0P,Z^N14FOKD58KP(-
$"@T*&@``
`
end



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Robert Holmgren
holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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