Wolfgang writes: > I'm toying with the idea of implementing, withing SMSQ/E, some sort of > general keystroke which will put the content of a con channel into the > stuffer buffer (similar to CTRL-C on Windows) when using the edit/input > string OS call (eg. INPUT inSbasic).. Thus, all software which uses the > normal edit string OS call would profit from that. You can get the string > back with the ususal ALT-ENTER.
Are you thinking of buffering output sent to each scr/con channel, or are you thinking of using OCR, as in Qlip, or something else? > The key so used will be effectively unusable for the application > whenever it makes this OS call (but not for anything else). > > Marcel proposed the F10 key for that, as the ED command in SBasic > already uses that for the same purpose and, as he rightly points out, > this OS call already screen out the function keys and such. > > Does anybody have some strong feeling about this (or even just an > idea?). I think it is a good idea. Great that you are prepared to do it! Might it be an idea to add some kind of test for this functionality (eg set a bit on some sysvar), as application programmers may wish to eg provide a limited functionality on systems that dont support it. > CTRL-C is, of course, out of the question, as that is used elsewhere. Couldnt this also be an Smsq/e configurable item (Im aware that it is easy enough to do as a POKE, but..) together with the Hotstuff keys, F10, and anything else that may crop up? Per
