Converting old file pro processing tables

Bob Stockler bob at trebor.iglou.com
Wed Jul 26 16:51:24 PDT 2006


Brian wrote:

| Two problems:
| 
| $PFME changes the behaviour of filepro input prompts and so you should hard
| code it in the script to match the expectations of the string you are
| feeding dcabe.

ISFAIK, PFME applies only to {dr]clerk, and NOT to [dr]cabe.

| $TERM changes what is really correct in place of EscEsc, so you should hard
| code TERM=<something known in everyones fp/termcap> in the script too.
| I should have just done that myself instead of making a variable and telling
| the user in comments that they have to edit that variable.

Also, ISFAIK, filePro on UNIX recognizes [Escape][Escape] as SAVE,
so echoing "\033\033" to it should suffice no matter what TERN is
set to.

Bob (who lost this thread, but managed to half-assedly get back onto it)

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