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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 10:30 CST
Subject: Re: MENU in Programs
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In a posting of [22 Mar 91 10:54:26 GMT]
   jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen NE Bos) writes:

 >> A while back, somebody posted this SYSEVAL to the net to force display of
 >> the current menu:
 >> # 3A1FCh SYSEVAL

 > If you look in the index of the manual, you see under "menus, used in
 > programs", the mentioning of page 534.  If you read on, you'll get to
 > page, where is explained that -1 WAIT does.

   Reading page 539 reveals that -1 WAIT redisplays the menu, suspends
execution and waits for a key. #3A1FC SYSEVAL does the same, except it
doesn't suspend execution, nor does it wait for a key. :-)

						-- Jan Brittenson
						   bson@ai.mit.edu
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