[Coco] break command in OS9/NitrOS9

[Bob Devries]

Gene, you said:

> There is "kill process number".  Do a procs to see which one you want to
> kill, and use its number.  I don't think this is a chr$(3) though, so it
> might not be what you want.

The standard OS9 "kill" command sends a kill signal to the process. I want 
to send a break.

I'll explain why.

At the moment I've been helping Wayne trying to set up a Basic09 programme 
to create multiple windows on the same screen. Occasionally, I do something 
wrong, and I lose the ability to "CLEAR" to the Basic09 screen, and all I 
can do is kill the Basic09 Process, which gives me back the ability to 
"CLEAR" to the Basic09 screen, but unfortunately, Basic09 has stopped, and 
I'm at the command line on that screen. If I could just send a BREAK, then I 
would hope that Basic09 would just quit the programme that is running and 
return to it's own command prompt. That's the theory, anyhow.

Regards, Bob Devries

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] break command in OS9/NitrOS9


> On Friday 15 January 2010, Bob Devries wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>is there a command in OS9 to send a break character ($03) to a process?
>>
>>I thought there was a command called "break", but I don't see it right 
>>now.
>
> There is "kill process number".  Do a procs to see which one you want to
> kill, and use its number.  I don't think this is a chr$(3) though, so it
> might not be what you want.
>
>>Regards, Bob Devries
>>
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>> native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
>>
>>Edsger W.Dijkstra, 18 June 1975
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