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From: dv@well.UUCP (David W. Vezie)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Problem with mushview
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Date: 21 Aug 89 23:39:20 GMT
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I found a problem (bug) with mushview.  If I do:

f + $;<some command>

it fails miserably.  Here's the exact example I used:

cmd updend "update -N;potm;f + $;sVecho '\033]I/u0/dv/=images/nomail.icon\033\0134\c'"

The important part is the "f + $;sVecho '...'" part.  The error I get from
it is:

Illegal variable name.

Here's a simple example of it (with a debug level of 10):

Msg 260 of 260: f + $ ; echo hi
Working on: f + $ ; echo hi 
Made argv: (f) (+) ($) (;) (echo) (hi) 
Working on: f + $ ; echo hi		<-------  here the crux
Illegal variable name.			<-------  of the problem
Msg 260 of 260: f + $
Working on: f + $ 
Made argv: (f) (+) ($) 
Working on: f + $
Made argv: (f) (+) ($) 
executing: (f) (+) ($) 
get_msg_list: parsing: ($): parsed 1 args
 260 >                3:34pm Aug 21,  3:34pm 7/143
freeing: (f) (+) ($) 
Msg 260 of 260: 

Version I'm running is Mail User's Shell (6.5.6 8/11/89)


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