whoa! that's ingenious! Thank you for the quick response On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 1:41 PM Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de> wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 01:15:54PM -0500, polifemo wrote: > > (cond > > ->> ((pre? "+" S) > > (link > > (cons > > (cond > > ((= "+" S) T) > > ((format S) @) > > (T (cdr (chop S))) ) > > (opt) ) ) ) > > ... > > I think it means "do something special when the argument starts with "+". > > Correct. > > It first checks if the argument is just a single "+". If so, Vip opens the > file > from the following argument and jumps to its end > > $ vip + file # Go to the end of "file" > > Otherwise, if it is a number (told by 'format'), it opens the file and > jumps to > that number > > $ vip +42 file # Go to line 42 > > Else, the argument is taken as a "word" pattern to search for > > $ vip +foo file # Search for "foo" > > You can hit 'n' (find next) when the file is open. > > "Word" is a word according to PicoLisp delimiter rules, the same as if you > start > a search by hitting '*' on a word. > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe >
