Has anything like this ever been done before?

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2 total messages Started by 92adams Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:12

#127

Author: 92adams
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:12

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Hello tpu.gurus!

	I've got a series of things that I would like Eve/TPU to do for me.
From everything that I have read and/or seen, TPU can do it for me.  What I'd
like to know is has someone else ever written something like this?  If not,
then where and at what should I start with in the TPU manual?

	I'd like it to do:

  1)  Run a DCL command file, and capture the output into another buffer.

	Yes, I know that can be done with DCL etc.., but I wanted a more
'elegant' solution to it.  I'd like it all automatic.  Minimal user effort
required.

  2)  Have it look for the 'From:' line in a message, extract the persons
name/address and put it into a format like '*Name/Addr just extracted* wrote:'

	Basically a 'poor mans newsreader.'

  	That's all the 'wants' that I have at the moment.  ;-)  If no such
animals exist now, can someone tell me where I'd need to start at?  (Yes, I am
a TPU newbie :)

	Thanks for any help/ideas in advance!


                                         Erek Adams

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Re: Has anything like this ever been done before?

#131

Author: Carl J Lydick
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:00

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In article <930123141203.25003b75@HANNA2.NLU.EDU>, <92adams@hanna2.nlu.edu> writes:
>  1)  Run a DCL command file, and capture the output into another buffer.
>
>	Yes, I know that can be done with DCL etc.., but I wanted a more
>'elegant' solution to it.  I'd like it all automatic.  Minimal user effort
>required.

This is rather vague.  The TPU primitives for such an operation are
create_process(), send(), and send_eof().  If you'd been more specific about
what you wanted, I might've been able to post an example for you.

>  2)  Have it look for the 'From:' line in a message, extract the persons
>name/address and put it into a format like '*Name/Addr just extracted* wrote:'

PROCEDURE WHOFROM
	LOCAL R, M;
	ON_ERROR
		POSITION(M);
	ENDON_ERROR;

	M:=MARK(NONE);
	POSITION(BUFFER_BEGIN);
	R:=SEARCH(LINE_BEGIN & 'From:' & SPAN(' 	'), FORWARD);
	POSITION(END_OF(R));
	MOVE_HORIZONTAL(1);
	R:=SEARCH(REMAIN,FORWARD);
	R:=SUBSTR(R, 1, LENGTH(R));
	POSITION(BUFFER_BEGIN);
	COPY_TEXT(R + " wrote:");
	SPLIT_LINE;
	POSITION(M);
ENDPROCEDURE;

>  	That's all the 'wants' that I have at the moment.  ;-)  If no such
>animals exist now, can someone tell me where I'd need to start at?  (Yes, I am
>a TPU newbie :)

You can start by reading the TPU manual, or by issuing the command:
	<DO>HELP TPU<RET>
from within EVE.
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