<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Manipulation on Buffers is done via Writers.</div><div>Details can be found in chapter 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 in</div><div><a href="https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/ProjectOberon/PO.System.pdf">https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/ProjectOberon/PO.System.pdf</a><br>Jörg</div><div><br><div><br></div>Am 16.12.2016 um 21:07 schrieb <<a href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca">peter@easthope.ca</a>> <<a href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca">peter@easthope.ca</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>In <a href="http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/ethoberon/defs/Texts.Def.html">http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/ethoberon/defs/Texts.Def.html</a> ,</span><br><span>(* Open a new text buffer B. *) </span><br><span>PROCEDURE OpenBuf (B: Buffer);</span><br><span></span><br><span>Note 3. at the end of the page explains,</span><br><span>"Buffers contains large sequences of objects (both character and </span><br><span>non-character) and allow low-level temporary manipulation. </span><br><span> ...</span><br><span>To prevent broadcasts being sent for potentially each character being </span><br><span>written into a text, the text manipulation is first done in a buffer. </span><br><span>Operations on buffers do not result in update messages being </span><br><span>broadcasted. </span><br><span></span><br><span>How is the manipulation of the buffer performed? Append a character </span><br><span>to a buffer for example. There is no procedure </span><br><span>WrtieBuf(b: Buffer; c: CHAR).</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks, ... Lyall E.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span></span><br><span>123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789</span><br><span>Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757</span><br><span><a href="http://easthope.ca/Peter.html">http://easthope.ca/Peter.html</a> Bcc: peter at easthope. ca</span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch">Oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch</a> mailing list for ETH Oberon and related systems</span><br><span><a href="https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon">https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>