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From: Zefram <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: schaefer@brasslantern.com (Bart Schaefer)
Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: PATCH: pass name ($0) and zmult ($1) to user-defined widgets
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:37:48 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199806120937.KAA10006@taos.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <980612013804.ZM20410@candle.brasslantern.com> from "Bart Schaefer" at Jun 12, 98 01:38:04 am

Bart Schaefer wrote:
>User-defined widgets should be able to change their behavior or repeat
>their action when given a digit-argument.

Yes.  But that should not be done via positional parameters.  I have
deliberately avoided passing arguments in positional parameters, so
that one widget can reliably call another without having to fiddle with
the parameters.  The numeric prefix should go into a special parameter,
or be accessible by some other mechanism.

>                                           They also ought to have a
>usable $0 when FUNCTION_ARGZERO is set; I chose to pass the widget name,
>so if you bind the same function to different widgets you can test for
>$0 to tweak the behavior.

That's a good idea.

-zefram


  reply	other threads:[~1998-06-12  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-06-12  8:38 Bart Schaefer
1998-06-12  9:37 ` Zefram [this message]
1998-06-12 15:54   ` Bart Schaefer

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