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From: peter@sugar.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AREXX and ICP
Message-ID: <727@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 17:45:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: sugar.727
Posted: Mon Sep 14 17:45:28 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 07:26:51 EDT
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Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: REXX:? How about CLI:?


> [LEO describes a great device, REXX:]

Hey, Leo, I love it, but...

why not try to take advantage of the wealth of UNIX-based and UNIX-type
filters already around.

First of all, PIPE: should be able to do the job:

Save as "PIPE:name1"

In your CLI do "2> rexx <pipe:name1 >pipe:name2 using programname".

In your editor read "pipe:name2".

not so hot, is it. OK, do this...

Save as "CLI:name2/rexx using programname".

CLI: would talk to a CLI through a randomly named pipe and start up a CLI
with Input()=randompipe and Output()=PIPE:name2.

It's gotta be possible. Matt Dillon's DTERM does it.

Then you can do this:

Save as "CLI:awk/awk 'something_awful { and more awkward junk }'".

To handle cases when you want to read again from the same program you just
wrote, add an alternate name "BUFFERCLI:" or "TANK:".

Thanks for the idea... I know some people realy dump on the CLI... but
since it's there, why not use it?
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