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Max Edwards (max@minster.york.ac.uk) wrote:
> I just got v6 and it's very good, the potential for customising it with
> Arexx is huge.  But I can't get octamed to run my scripts, even after
> following the instructions in the manual to the letter.

You should take care that each script:
* contains a comment in the beginning of  its first line (e.g. /* script */)
* if you execute it from outside of OctaMED, contains the line:
	address "OCTAMED_REXX"

> I haven't yet tried running it
> with rx (I'm at work at the moment) but thought someone might know off hand
> what's wrong.  I suspect the apostrophes; they're printed in the manual as
> being different on the left and the right e.g.
> 
> `AN_AREXXCOMMAND'
> 
> for each command in the script (except control structures etc).  But I have
> to press [Ctrl+'] to get [`] - should the first apostrophe perhaps be a [']?

I don't remember right now how ARexx handles "reverse"-apostrophes, but the
above form doesn't seem correct anyway. You should use one of these formats:
	'AN_AREXXCOMMAND'
	"AN_AREXXCOMMAND"
	AN_AREXXCOMMAND

Either the apostrophes or quotation marks are both accepted by ARexx.
The quoting conventions are quite tricky indeed.

- Teijo

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