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Subject: zsh script to run prepared shell commands for a demo
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With the kind help of Bart Schaefer and Frank Terbeck, I think this is =
pretty much done.

See =
http://yost.com/computers/demo-shell-commands/demo-shell-commands.zsh

On Fri 2014-04-18, at 12:49 PM, Dave Yost <Dave@Yost.com> wrote:

> Is there a builtin function that replaces the command line with the =
function's output? The completion mechanism must use such a function, so =
there has to be something like that.
>=20
> I want to use that function to build a function I can use to run a =
demo consisting of a sequence of commands.
> * Make an array of strings
> * For each step of the demo
>    * Type a command or a keyboard shortcut that grabs the next string =
from the array and places it on the command line
>    * Hit Enter to execute the command
>=20
> Thanks