This is an old problem. See
https://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2001-September/007603.html.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 7:54 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That's what I get when I run the code line-by-line.
>
> But when I load the script, I get this behavior:
>
> test:123
> |spelling error (invalid inflection)
> |   test:123
> |   ^
>
> Note that I'm on a windows machine here. Linux may behave differently.
> I should have specified my use of windows (windows 11) in my initial
> post.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 10:48 AM chris burke <cbu...@jsoftware.com> wrote:
> >
> > Did you make an entry after the prompt? On my machine, after entering 123:
> >
> >    abc=: prompt'test'
> > test123
> >
> >    abc
> > 123
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 7:38 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This script fails when loaded in jqt (tested in j9.4 and the current j9.5 
> > > beta):
> > >
> > > require'general/misc/prompt'
> > > abc=: prompt'test:'
> > > echo abc
> > >
> > > In a sense it fails silently. But it's a rather noisey form of silence.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Raul
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