Converting old file pro processing tables

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bob Stockler (Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:51:24 -0400):

> 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.

PFME affects all of filePro.

> | $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.

filePro only recognizes ESC-ESC as SAVE if the termcap has P4 set to
that sequence for the given TERM/PFTERM.

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