Re: Saving Prompt message

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Ah, I see. My issue was that when my programs exit, they call CLEARSGTS
(for the S/Gs above 100 that I often use), and that wipes out any prompt I
have had the program write. Not a big deal, because what I've been doing is
using the CM line to display what normally would be prompts.
Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Thu, 23 Apr
2009 17:41:00 -0400

> Is there any way to capture and put into a S/G the message
> currently on the PRompt line?

Generically and across the board? Sadly, no. You can capture the
last error message (note the backslash "\" before "@01" to display
the error *message* associated with the numeric error *code*
~):
 ~~>~

or the *default* PRompt-line MessaGe:
 ~~>~

or the number of changes made by the last successful CH|CI|CV
command:
 ~~>~+"_changes"~>~

or the results of the last WC (Word Count) command:
 ~~>~+"_words"~>~

but not every PRompt falls into those categories. There's a whole
slew of fleeting informational PRompts that cannot be stored to a
S/G.

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx