Re (3): [Oberon] OFS aliases not being initialized

[Aubrey.McIntosh at Alumni.UTexas.Net]

It turns out that Randy Bush was very involved in both Modula-2 and FidoNet.


On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010, peasthope at shaw.ca wrote:
>
>> > Is there a "lint" utility or syntax checker?
>>
>> No.
>
> That's clear enough! ;)
>
>> In Oberon.Text, make System.Time or DayTime.SetClock the
>> last of the InitCommands.  Eg.
>> InitCommands = { ... { System.Time } }
>> or InitCommands = { ... { DayTime.SetClock "10.4.0.1" } }
>> If the result doesn't appear in the System.Log you've narrowed
>> the problem.  You can expand this strategy.  In my Oberon.Text,
>> System3.Tool is last in FinderTemplates.  If you use Gadgets
>> you can check whether that definition worked.
>
> Good Plan! I've used similar techniques (print statements) when
> debugging Perl and PHP CGI scripts - for one. I should have thought of
> for this situation.
>
>> More important, edit carefully.  Pay close attention to
>> matching { and } correctly.
>
> I have to see if the PET matches braces, etc.
>
>> There are many non-obvious details of usage to discover
>> or learn.
>
> As usually is the case. I remember when I first learned Unix! Oh
> wait... how about in 1980 when I first bought my Taiwanese Apple ][e
> clone, enhanced with a Z80 CPU no less. I fiddled around 'till I "got
> it"! FidoNet helped..
>
> Thanks for the debug strategy! L8r...
>
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