"Programmer mode" is basically a VistA concept. Ordinary users never
see the direct mode prompt, but sign in through ^ZU which takes them
directly to Menu Manager. Programmers that sign in this way (as
opposed to using direct mode to start with) need a way to "escape"
from Menu Manager and get to the programmer prompt. I think what Greg
had in mind is that executing a BREAK would interrupt the running
program and drop you down to the programmer (direct mode) prompt.
I suspect that a lot of people on this list are accustomed to
entering GT.M or Cache directly and then signing in via ^XUP, but in
a production environment, you want users to sign in through ^ZU and
stay with Menu Manager until they finally log out. For CPRS this
isn't an issue because no one ever signs in interactively, everything
is mediated by the RPC Broker, but in "roll and scroll" mode, users
do interact directly with the system, and it's very important that an
unprivileged user not be able to get to the programmer prompt.
===
Gregory Woodhouse
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"Before one gets the right answer, one must ask the right question."
-- S. Barry Cooper
On Sep 2, 2005, at 12:00 PM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
Greg --
Programmer mode? GT.M doesn't have a programmer mode! It is
either in
direct (interactive) mode or running M code. Indeed, direct mode is
equivalent to the M code F B (see below).
What would you like to do in programmer mode that you can't do today?
I am not a kernel expert. Come to think of it, I am not a GT.M
expert
either. But you called... 8-]
-- Bhaskar
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