Multiple actions for -do command line option

[i***@public.gmane.org]

Hi there

Newbie question here, although I promise I have looked for the
answer... Basically is it possible to put multiple actions under the -
do command line option?



I am running Nedit from a REXX script running on Solaris 8 (SPARC) and
call the editor to allow users to enter details into an options file.
Once the user saves & quits control returns to the REXX script that
then reads the options file and checks the validity of the user input
data. If out of range or invalid data has been entered a message is
written to the screen and the user is returned to the options file via
nedit with the cursor placed at the offending data item. This all
works with uni-Xedit but I am struggling getting it to work with
Nedit. I think I want to invoke the editor with something like;



nedit -do 'find("TARGET")' NAME_OF_OPTION_FILE



where TARGET is the 'tag' against which the user entered erroneous data
i.e. 'MONTH='

Whilst the above works I really want the editor to place the cursor
and/or select the erroneous text entered by the user ready for instant
over-typing. However, I reckon I need a second command following the
find command for that. Seperating commands by commas, semi-colons
doesn't work and none of the examples I have seen show multiple
commands for the -do option.



Thanks in advance of any help you can give

Ian

[Tony Balinski]

Try including newlines in your -do argument:
nedit -do 'find("TARGET")
set_cursor_pos($selection_end)' thefile
A number of patches allow a ";" as a command separator. Let us know
how you get on.
Tony

Post by i***@public.gmane.org
Hi there
Newbie question here, although I promise I have looked for the
answer... Basically is it possible to put multiple actions under the -
do command line option?
I am running Nedit from a REXX script running on Solaris 8 (SPARC) and
call the editor to allow users to enter details into an options file.
Once the user saves & quits control returns to the REXX script that
then reads the options file and checks the validity of the user input
data. If out of range or invalid data has been entered a message is
written to the screen and the user is returned to the options file via
nedit with the cursor placed at the offending data item. This all
works with uni-Xedit but I am struggling getting it to work with
Nedit. I think I want to invoke the editor with something like;
nedit -do 'find("TARGET")' NAME_OF_OPTION_FILE
where TARGET is the 'tag' against which the user entered erroneous data
i.e. 'MONTH='
Whilst the above works I really want the editor to place the cursor
and/or select the erroneous text entered by the user ready for instant
over-typing. However, I reckon I need a second command following the
find command for that. Seperating commands by commas, semi-colons
doesn't work and none of the examples I have seen show multiple
commands for the -do option.
Thanks in advance of any help you can give
Ian
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