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Tom Hula <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:00:41 -0500
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Jeff Vance wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> While this topic is fresh, does anyone care to propose a
> syntax for a new CI command, or an extension to the INPUT
> command (and/or input function) or a new CI function??
>
> Is it worth having a built-in 'repeater' ability, so the request
> is repeated at the console.  Should there be a timeout?  Should
> there be some basic cursor control/memory lock ability? etc..
>
> regards,
> Jeff Vance, CSY
>
>

Perhaps another option would be to hang this on the Pause command, which has
already received many helpful enhancements.  An option for a timeout and
console input possibly interleaved with some of the other Pause options.


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