thanks for replying - boy what a busy apl day
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:45:09 +0200 Juergen Sauermann <juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> 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, enz...@gmx.com 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? > > > > > > > > >
