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From: jax@well.sf.ca.us (Jack J. Woehr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: help with Amiga JForth
Message-ID: <19013@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 14 Jul 90 03:42:20 GMT
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hensley@kira.msu.edu (John Hensley) writes:

>I'm new to programming both JForth and the Amiga, and cannot figure
>out how to read user input in my program's window (it prompts in its
>window, and you have to answer in its parent cli). I must not be RTFM
>enough, because there *has* to be a better way than using string
>gadgets for all text input, right?  

	Ok, here's your problem:

	1) In a CLONEd application, WORD ( KEY, etc.) is vectored
to consume command line args.

	2) If you opened a window as a file (RAW:, etc) then use
CONSOLEIN @ and CONSOLEOUT @ as file handles to FREAD and FWRITE
for input and output.

	3) IF you opened a graphics window, you will have to handle
it by opening a console ... read your amiga docs! It ain't easy,
but not too hard either, maybe we digs up some source and post here
soonish if you keep reminding! :-)

	No, John, you're not stupid ... if you were, you'd be
posting in comp.lang.c ... :-)

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