k36853p@saha.hut.fi (Tapani Otala) (03/12/91)
Couple of questions:
a) Seems that using the new IFERR posted by Dr. Wickes
last week screws up the indentation of RPL programs.
Any way to correct this?
b) Seems that DETACH does not complain when attempting to
detach a library _not_ attached to the current directory.
Now, is there a _simple_ way to find out into _which_
directory a library is attached?
I know I could use LIBS to determine whether the library
is _not_ attached to the current directory, but its
not good enough. I suppose LIBS used with a directory
traversal routine could be used to locate the correct
directory, but its a real drag. Plus I am not entirely
sure about the uniqueness of the result.
c) When I PURGE a detached library, the display jerks sideways
about one half of the screen. Is this supposed to happen?
I have seen this happen with both the new IFERR library and
the Strange Case library, the only software libraries I
have uploaded so far... the TOOLS directory posted by
someone (German/Dutch, I think) didn't convert to a
library successfully, anybody know why?
My system is:
HP 48SX, version D
in port 1: 128K RAM (true-er... what? well, HP, anyways :)
in port 2: Equation Library Card, or another true-HP 128K RAM
PS. I'm specifically referring to the new IFERR library because I
cannot validate the effects on the old library...
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-- Tapani 'TpO' Otala ----------------------------- William Blake --billw@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (William C Wickes) (03/13/91)
> a) Seems that using the new IFERR posted by Dr. Wickes > last week screws up the indentation of RPL programs. > Any way to correct this? The program decompiler built into the 48 doesn't recognize the library IFERR, which messes up the orderly indentation. There's no fix for this. > b) Seems that DETACH does not complain when attempting to > detach a library _not_ attached to the current directory. > Now, is there a _simple_ way to find out into _which_ > directory a library is attached? The information about which library is attached to a subdirectory is stored in the directory, not the library. Hence there is no simple way to catalog library attachments. > I know I could use LIBS to determine whether the library > is _not_ attached to the current directory, but its > not good enough. I suppose LIBS used with a directory > traversal routine could be used to locate the correct > directory, but its a real drag. Plus I am not entirely > sure about the uniqueness of the result. This is the only way to do it; but note that a particular library can be attached to any number of directories. > c) When I PURGE a detached library, the display jerks sideways > about one half of the screen. Is this supposed to happen? This is normal and harmless. The library configuration table is stored at a lower address than the display RAM, so when the table shrinks, the display jerks while memory is being merged. I actually "use" this effect to give me confirmation that the purge has actually happened. Bill Wickes HP Corvallis