Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA From: Rick Conn Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: [Penny Anderson : Re: ZCPR3 Hacks] Message-ID: <8014@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 23:23:01 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8014 Posted: Mon Feb 4 23:23:01 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:45:17 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 37 Hi, Don, Sorry I took so long to respond (your message is attached). Under ZCPR2 and its version of ZEX, the case you describe is true. Under ZCPR3, ZEX does not monitor the prompt, but, rather, ZCPR3 leaves a message to ZEX which tells it to resume input if it was suspended. Hence, the prompt itself is not of consequence under ZCPR3 and may be changed at will. Rick --------------- Return-Path: Received: from AMSAA by SIMTEL20.ARPA with TCP; Tue 29 Jan 85 09:12:38-MST Received: From cmu-cs-c.arpa.ARPA by AMSAA via smtp; 21 Jan 85 2:54 EST Received: ID ; Mon 21 Jan 85 02:56:51-EST Date: Mon 21 Jan 85 02:56:50-EST From: Penny Anderson Subject: Re: ZCPR3 Hacks To: cem%intelca.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA cc: APA@CMU-CS-C.ARPA, info-cpm-request@AMSAA.ARPA In-Reply-To: Message from "Chuck McManis " of Fri 18 Jan 85 20:52:48-EST Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 85 14:37:36 EST Resent-From: cpmlist@AMSAA.ARPA Resent-To: info-cpm@AMSAA.ARPA Chuck, Won't changing your system prompt to "A:!" screw up the way ZEX handles input control. If you use the "" option in a ZEX file, ZEX turns control over to the console until it sees a 'special character' pass by. The special character in the distribution version is a ">" with the MSB set. It seems like that should leave the re- mainder of your ZEX file pending forever. Is that right, Rick? Don Shields c/o [Penny Anderson - APA@CMU-C] ------- -------