Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 6/26/00 7:24 AM:
>On 26/6/00 2:19 pm, Ruediger zu Dohna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> The put command without a explicit destination using "into", "after", or
>> "before" writes the data to the message box, or to stdout in a command
>> line engine. I think it would be very useful to have these put commands
>> send a message instead so one can redirect the output anywhere one likes.
>
>Seems like a good idea to me. But I would only have this message sent if a
>handler for it was present, otherwise the default behaviour should continue.
>We don't want this to be broken when no handler has been written (or is not
>present for some reason).
>
>Regards,
>
>Kevin
Wouldn't the ordinary message-handling hierarchy handle this? I.E., the
message with the put command would go up the chain, through the
frontscripts, the stack to the mainstack, etc. and eventually hit
MetaCard, where the default action would be taken?
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