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Re: OctaMED Arexx Scripts

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From: Max Edwards
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:26
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Teijo Kinnunen (kinnunen@stekt.oulu.fi) wrote:
: 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 didn't realise the comments were obligatory, the examples in the manual
don't all use comments.  I do already have the address ... bit, but without
the quotes - again, they're not used in the manual.

: 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.

Then I'll have to make a very small complaint - the manual uses `..'
throughout the tutorial.  I tried trunning the script with rx and it
couldn't find it, even when I gave it the full pathname - does it have to
be executable?  I'll try the things you suggested when I get home.

Thanks for OctaMED Teijo, you can be proud of it.

Max

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