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Article #660variables (was: Re: Finding the CSD)
From: burke
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:17
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:17
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In article <DBH.92Dec14185801@wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk>, dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe) writes: > Set FS <FileSwitch$CurrentFilingSystem> > SetEval CSD "<FS>:"+FileSwitch$<FS>$CSD I have a question - is it possible to append to a macro variable? E.g.: SetMacro foo <bar> Now I want to append to foo, to get the effect of: SetMacro foo <bar>,<thing> but in a way that doesn't require me to know the current value of foo. SetMacro foo <foo>,<thing> gives you infinite recursion, while Set foo <foo>,<thing> stops it being a macro. I think it's impossible (without writing a program), but am I right? Another question, while I'm at it - does anyone know if the use of sprite memory by SparkFS is compatible with MemFS? Incidentally, if you do use these together note that memfs redirects <wimp$scrapdir> into itself by default, so redefine the SparkFS temporary file to avoid problems! e----><----p | Stephen Burke | Internet: burke@vxdesy.desy.de H H 1 | Gruppe FH1T (Liverpool) | DECnet: vxdesy::burke (13313::burke) H H 11 | DESY, Notkestrasse 85 | BITNET: BURKE@DESYVAX or SB2@UKACRL HHHHH 1 | 2000 Hamburg 52 | JANET: sb2@uk.ac.rl.ib H H 1 | Germany | Phone: + 49 40 8998 2282 H H 11111 | HERA, the world's largest electron microscope!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!dxcern!dscomsa!vxdesy.desy.de!burke From: burke@vxdesy.desy.de Subject: variables (was: Re: Finding the CSD) Message-ID: <1992Dec16.191701.1@vxdesy.desy.de> Lines: 28 Sender: usenet@dscomsa.desy.de (usenet) Organization: (DESY, Hamburg, Germany) References: <1ggb8lINNkfi@swan.doc.ic.ac.uk> <4813@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> <DBH.92Dec14185801@wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:17:01 GMT