Re: [Bug-apl] )host to take string

[enztec]

thanks for replying - boy what a busy apl day


On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:45:09 +0200
Juergen Sauermann <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> actually it should not. )HOST is a command so its arguments
> are not computed (in GNU APL, but probably also others).
> 
> Thus  'workspaces/',a is passed verbatim to popen().
> 
> /// Jürgen
> 
> 
> On 04/25/2014 11:10 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> > presently )host takes direct code
> >
> >       )host vi workspaces/a1    works (disregard Vim: Warning: Output is 
> > not to a terminal    using )host vi workspaces < `tty` > `tty` is the real 
> > command)
> >
> > putting it in quotes
> >
> >       )host vi 'workspaces/a1'    works
> >
> >       a←'a1'
> >
> >       'workspaces/', a
> > workspaces/a1
> >
> > but
> >        )host vi 'workspaces/',a
> >
> > edits  workspaces,a   not workspaces/a1 as it should

this is a typo you caught 

edit workspaces/,a   not workspaces/a1  as i wanted it to  before using the 
correct coding - popen in file_io - which i eventually got to

> >
> > is there a easy way around this or is it hard work to fix in the code?
> >
> >   
> >
> >
>