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Hi all,

I created a newLISP IRC channel @ irc.freenode.net. More information about freenode can be found here: http://freenode.net/.

Please feel free to stop by to talk newLISP!

Hi newdep,

I'm wanted to use BASH $USER. Possible?

newdep,

You helped me remember gnuwin32 and I think it will work for what I am trying to accomplish.

Thank you for the suggestion!

Hi ale870,

Thank you for your response. I will give what you suggested at shot.

Hi all, I did a search on the board and from what I could gather newLISP was at one time supported in CYGWIN? Is it possible to compile the latest stable newLISP source in CYGWIN? If so, does anyone have a networked resource online they could share? I'm trying to get my newLISP program that depends ...

Hi all,

I was wondering if it was possible to read a variable with read-line and make that variable available for a newLISP code or vice versa?

Hi all,

Never mind. Solution found. I must have taken stupid pills this morning.

Hi all, I'm trying to verify correct input. I want to make sure that the user either inputs yes or no before the program continues. How would this best be accomplished? So far I this code fragment: (print "yes or no") (set 'answer (read-line)) # WAS THE ANSWER YES OR NO? (if (= answer "yes") (print ...

Cormullion was showing you how to change the newLISP command line behavior, but perhaps this explains what you really want to do: http://www.newlisp.org/newlisp_manual.html#read-line (define (main) (print "What can I assist you with? ") (set 'answer (read-line))) ) Hi Lutz, in a nutshell I'd like t...

Hi cormullion, I tried your suggestions and I couldn't get them to work. Perhaps I am not understanding. Here is some code that I hope is a little clearer. (define (main) (print "What can I assist you with? ") code that will place (cursor) after the question ) Result of evaluated function main on sc...

Hi cormullion,

Thank you for you reply. I will give it a try.

Hi all, Wow, a flood of responses right away. Thank you! What I'm really trying to do is have (cursor) after a print. (print "Input function please ") (cursor) I would like a function to be called by input without the user having to worry about typing the (). They can just input the function name an...

Hi all, When I start newLISP from the shell, I'd like it to be quiet. No newLISP v.9.4.5 on BSD IPv4, execute 'newlisp -h' for more info message. I would also like newLISP to start with () with the cursor in the middle. Does newLISP use something similar to a .emacs? What is the best way to make thi...

Jeff,

Thank you! That info was a big help.

Cormullion,

Thanks for sharing the GUI code. Even though it looks quite complex, it is remarkable to me how readable it is.

You will also want to cast them to integers or floats using (int foo) or (float foo). How would I go about handling things that are not digits? My latest challenge is writing code that will call a defined function after the user has inputed a certain sting. This is the code I have so far: (print "W...

Did you read my other post about using (read-line) for getting input from user? You can combine that and regular expressions with 'regex' or 'parse' to parse out the components from the input. Lutz, I did. Thank you again. I can't believe I missed that in the manual! :-) Thank you for creating and ...

Lutz wrote:You can use (read-line) to get input from stdin/keyboard. This will work only in a command shell/terminal window, not in the console window of the newLISP-GS Java front-end installed on Windows or Mac OS X.

Thank you.

That gets me heading in the right direction.

Jeff wrote:Lutz,

May we have a fast scanf-style reader to parse input in the next release? Something the opposite of format, perhaps?

I second that.

the standard way to do variable interpolation inside a given string, as far as I understand, is by using the "format" function. (write-line (format "blablabla %s blabla %d" string_var decimal_num_var)) Thanks for the response cormullion and lithper! My question now is how do I go about getting inpu...

Greetings, I am trying to come up with a way to get user input in the form of (circle number1 number2) where circle is a defined function and the number1 and number2 are input from the user. I would like number1 and number2 input to go into a (write-line) function that already has characters in it. ...