Changed behavior of show "@"

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Barry Wiseman (Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:43:46 -0400):
[...]
> > Yes, this was a bugfix some time ago, where a show with row/col of a
> > message that started with "@" was treated as a non-positioned "press
> > enter to continue" show.  I don't recall offhand when the fix was
> done.
>
> So the new philosophy is that the "@" and not the (r,c) should be
> disregarded.
>
> s/bugfix/design decision/
>
> A bit Microsoftian to presume the user's intentions, eh?  Probably a
> syntax error would have been better.

No presumtion necessary.  As the manual says under SHOW(row,col):

    Same as SHOW command, but does not allow the use of the "@" to
    prompt for user acknowledgment. If the "@" is included along
    with row and column positioning, it will be ignored and the
    user will not be prompted for acknowledgement.

A bit poorly worded, IMHO, as the "@" isn't "ignored", is simply
has no special meaning and will appear in the displayed text.

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