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Re: [ECS] Event programming question Mark Gilmore Mon, 08 Mar 1999 12:18:48 -0800

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DUH ! Sorry about that Peter :-):
Make your command (text of Text item) "ED {file} /K:X.EDM",
where {file} is the name of the file to edit.
Then create "X.EDM" with commands:
	D
	W
	Q

peter kraus wrote:
> 
> i did this and the ed program loaded with the text file but the  D W Q
> commands did not get to the ed program? any thing that i might not be doing
> correct?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Event programming question
> 
> :Martin,
> :Create a batch file (e.g. "X.BAT") containing:
> :  ED X.TXT    (or any other filename)
> :  D
> :  W
> :  Q
> :
> :Then create a Text Item whose text is "X".
> :Setting it to EXECUTE will then delete the
> :1st line of X.TXT.
> :
> :Martin Terry wrote:
> :>
> :> Mark (or anybody else that can answer this)-
> :>
> :> I'm a little fuzzy about the T(d)<-T(d) operator in event programming,
> even
> :> after reading the description. Can you give a short example of how this
> is
> :> used?
> :>
> :> Also, what I'm really driving at is having an event delete the first line
> of
> :> a text file, but leaving remaining lines as is. Is anyone doing something
> :> like this in ECS? Can you post a short example?
> :
> :--
> :Mark Gilmore
> :Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> :omnip@usit.net
> :http://www.usit.com/omnip
> :

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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