I vote to remove. Adding ^V to the beginning of STATUS_FORMAT shouldn't be a big deal for anyone.
-Jason On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 12:28:54PM -0500, Jeremy Nelson wrote: > > Zlonix suggested we should remove /set reverse_status_line in epic5. I am > not (necessarily) against this suggestion because I have a standing policy > to remove retarded /set's. > > Generally when we've removed /set's in epic5, BlackJac (or myself) have > created scripted re-implementations and put them in 'builtins' script, so > those who are loading that script have some expectation of backwards > compatability. > > We tried to remove this /set but we were unable to (properly) reimplement it > in a script. That means if we remove this /set, it would break backwards > compatability with all epic5 users. All epic5 users would have to ensure > that their /set status_format's start with ^V if they want them reverse. > This would not be required for epic4 users, and in fact, they must not do so. > > Comments/thoughts/suggestions? > > Thanks, > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@epicsol.org > http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@epicsol.org http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list