browse keys (@bk)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:37:19AM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> [...]
> > True, but that does not necessarily imply -- the fact that filePro
> > doesn't care which case you press the key in -- that the *system dummy*
> > will return it's reply in a specific case.
> > 
> > Happens it will; I just tested it: even if you press "X", what you get
> > back in @BK is "x".
> 
> @BK will contain the keystroke you pressed, and will retain the case that
> you typed.
> 
> If I press a lower-case letter, @BK contains that lower-case letter.  If
> I press a capital letter, @BK contains the capital letter.

I just tested it: it doesn't work that way.  @BK was lower case, even
when I typed an upper case letter.

> >  I don't know whether I think that's a feature or a
> > bug; I do know it's not documented.  *Anywhere* -- it should be in
> > 18.11.2.11 of Stuart's fourth, but it's not.
> 
> Well, it is implied, by saying that it contains the key you used.

See above.  :-)

> > But more importantly, how come "=" is acceptable on an IF line?
> 
> Because you can't have assignments on an if line, so "=" is available to
> unambiguously mean "check for equality".

Noted.  But that doesn't explain why I *can't* use the traditional
companions thereto (>, <, etc), which is the real question.

> > I see that that is in Stuart's book, but ISTR that it used to give
> > syntax errors; when did it start working?
> 
> Version 1.0, over 20 years ago.

So Jim pointed out.  It's likely the first time I tried it I was using
">"...

Cheers,
-- jra
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