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Article #12133Generic macro support (a la ARexx)
From: Todd M. Lewis
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 15:29
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 15:29
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I have not yet included ARexx support to any of my programs, but
I do intend to. However, I don't want to lock my users into one
macro facility. I would prefer to give them a choice. Having not
done ARexx support before, I'm wondering if it is straight forward
to let the users select their macro processor. I've assumed that
programs find ARexx through named ports; is this correct? Would
a "Macro Processor Requestor" make sense for allowing the user
to select one of several ARexx-like facilities? Has this been done
before? I can see situations where some special-purpose macro
facilities might be more appropriate in some cases than the general
support provided by ARexx. Also, someday someone is going to come
out with a competitor with ARexx, and I would like my users to
be able to take advantage of those other options.
Does this even make any sense at all to anyone?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!utoddl From: utoddl@ecsvax.UUCP (Todd M. Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Generic macro support (a la ARexx) Message-ID: <6781@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: 7 Apr 89 15:29:01 GMT Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 22