[Coco] OS/9 Command to gain keyboard control from script

[Stephen H. Fischer]

I have a much used script called  *** window.s *** 89/12/06 which is on the webpage:

http://home.mindspring.com/~sfischer666/

I think the sequence

var.0 

endif 

inc.0 

dec.0 

is where input is done to var.0

That font and line spacing is horrible and was to be fixed when the ROTROD project came alive again.

This line in the documentation is bad.

var.1          - accepts up to 80 chars from std err to load variable %1

std input not std err!!!

SHF

 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS/9 Command to gain keyboard control from script


> Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) wrote:
>> Hi I forgot the display command used to get the control when calling an
>> application from an os-9 script.
>>
>> can't find it in the documentation though!
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Luis Felipe Antoniosi
>>
> 
> Louis,
> 
> I have no idea what information you are trying to ask about. The best I can do 
> is guess that you mean how can a script get typed in information.
> 
> Well there is no command built into OS-9 as such. There is a command (probably 
> written by Boisy) called "prompt" which echos a message and waits for a key-press.
> Shellplus permits the use of variables which could be obtained with 'prompt' or 
> a variation of that command. Those variables could then be used in a script.
> 
> Would you describe what you want in more detail?
> 
> Robert