Number: 1842

Date: 15-Aug-84 14':02':21

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: vanMelle.pa

Subject: new, simplified PROMPTFORWORD

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Date': 26 Jul 84 12':41 PDT'
From': vanMelle.pa'
Subject': more PROMPTFORWORD'
To': LispCore^'
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Well, here''s the latest in the PROMPTFORWORD saga':'
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There is no special PROMPTFORWORD cursor.'
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PROMPTFORWORD no longer grabs the tty.  It behaves exactly like READ etc in this regard (if not the tty, waits for you to click in its window; if under the mouse, grabs tty and spawns mouse).'
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The old argument Timelimit.secs has been replaced with an argument URGENCY.OPTION, which can be a number of seconds to wait for a response (as before), or T, meaning wait forever, but periodically flash the window to alert the user if a response is not forthcoming.'
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Currently the only caller with URGENCY.OPTION = T is the password code, but other callers of PROMPTFORWORD might want to consider whether they want the option.  The default is to quietly wait for input, as READ does.'
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The 9th and final argument OLDSTRING has been flushed.'
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^W does what you''d expect it to, rather than being a synonym of ^Q (actually, in the latest loadup, ^W appears to have a bug, which I have fixed for next loadup).'
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	Bill'


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