Package: xmacro
Version: 0.3pre-20000911-4
Severity: wishlist

'xmacro' looks to be useful for automating programs that don't play well
with stdio, but there's no man page telling how to use it, and the
examples given in '/usr/share/doc/xmacro/examples' seem intended for
'Xwindow' experts.

I'd like a man page with some examples of simplest possible cases, e.g.
a script like:

    #!/bin/sh
    # foo.sh -- ask for input, then respond.
    read -p "Type y or n" k
    case "$k" in
        [Yy]*) echo "Yeah!" ;;
        [Nn]*) echo "Naw!" ;;
        *) echo "Indecisive..." ;;
    esac

...how would one automate (or capture) input for 'foo.sh' running
on a local 'xterm'?



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages xmacro depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-6        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.0.1-9      GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                4.0.1-9        The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxtst6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System event recording an
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m

xmacro recommends no packages.

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