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    10-Jun-88 22:27:31
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Fm: Bob Rakosky 75156,336
To: Bill Hawes 72230,267

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Bill, That seems like a good idea for real short stuff that's pretty simple linear logic. However, with more complex stuff, it's pretty cumbersome. The macro that I tried to do (to implement an intelligent C-oriented auto-indent) ended up being about 55 lines long with some fairly complex if statements. I don't think the 'string' approach would work with that, nor could I read it after I typed it in (assuming the buffer limit was that large). In this case, I'll either have to live with the builtin auto-indenting in Txed, which is better than nothing, or do a bit of C coding and use ARexx as the interface glue. At least I'll have the ARexx macro as a good prototype of what I'm trying to do — another advantage to ARexx. ..Bob