Automatic processing and *clerk (was RE: Now *here's* an odd problem with dclerk)

[Kenneth Brody]

Okay, I have no idea how that typo got into the now-corrected subject.  :-)

> Quoting GCC Consulting (Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:26:01 -0400):
> [...]
>> An aside on auto process cycle.
>>
>> If one uses @keyxx, each time an @key option is pressed, the auto process
>> table runs again.  So, it is possible for auto process to run more the 3
>> times on a record.
>
> Automatic processing runs when the record is read.  In *clerk, this
> typically means:
>
>      The record is read when you first get there.
>
>      The record is read again upon entering update mode, in case there
>      have been changes made by another process.
>
>      The record is read after it is saved and update mode is exited.
>
> Because @key enters update mode, it runs automatic just as it does when
> pressing "U" to go into update mode.

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