browse keys (@bk)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:31:25PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> [...]
> > > > 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.
> 
> ==========
> ::end:
> @entsel::show "\r T \r - test brwlook w/ xkey":
> ::end:
> @keyT::ky = "":
> ::lookup zip = zipcodes  k=ky   i=A -nx b="(brw=12 xkey=abcdef fill=asc)*1
>                   *2 *3 ":
> ::clearb:
> ::mesgbox "@bk='" & @bk & "'  @sk='" & @sk & "'":
> ::end:
> ==========
> 
> If I press 'a', @BK is "a".  If I press 'A', @BK is "A".

I tested it with something like 

:@bk eq "x":show popup "little x";end:
:@bk eq "X":show popup "BIG X";end:

And I got little x both ways; we aren't trying to say that "eq" isn't
case sensitive, are we?

> [...]
> > > > 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.
> 
> Because those still have the "normal" filePro meaning, even on an IF line.

Yeah.  I see it.  I'd have gone for consistency, I think, and outlawed
"=" too, but maybe it's just me.

Cheers,
-- jra
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