Re: Syntax changes

[Jörg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

Peter Krefting <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just upgraded from Debian Etch to Debian Lenny, and with it came a new Jed
> package. It apparently disliked one of the Jed slang scripts that I have
> installed, namely one that emulates the Joe editor. If anyone could point me
> towards what I need to change to make it work again, I would appreciate it.
>
> The line of the script that it complains about is marked with ">":
>
>>	if((()=dupmark())==0){

First, dupmark() return only one value. If you remove it, you don't have
anything to compare with 0. Your line should read as this:

	if (dupmark() == 0) {

>  		mark_buffer();
>  		()=dupmark();
>  	}
>
> Here is the error message:
>
> /home/peter/skel/jed/joe.sl:766:<top-level>:Syntax Error

But this was not a syntax error. It would be more helpful, if you provide
also five lines before and after this line and the whole output of
jed -batch

Bye, Jörg.
-- 
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