15. Message Functions

15.1 MESSAGE_BUFFER

Synopsis

The Contents of the Message Buffer

Usage

String_Type MESSAGE_BUFFER

Description

The MESSAGE_BUFFER variable is a read-only string variable whose value indicates the text to be displayed or is currently displayed in the message buffer.

See Also

message, vmessage, error, verror

15.2 beep

Synopsis

beep

Usage

Void beep ();

Description

The beep function causes the terminal to beep according to the value of the variable IGNORE_BEEP.

See Also

tt_send

See Also

IGNORE_BEEP

15.3 clear_message

Synopsis

clear_message

Usage

Void clear_message ();

Description

This function may be used to clear the message line of the display.

See Also

message, update, error, flush

15.4 flush

Synopsis

flush

Usage

Void flush (String msg);

Description

The flush function behaves like message except that it immediately displays its argument msg as a message in the mini-buffer. That is, it is not necessary to call update to see the message appear.

See Also

message, error

15.5 tt_send

Synopsis

tt_send

Usage

Void tt_send (String s);

Description

This function may be used to send a string specified by s directly to the terminal with no interference by the editor. One should exercise caution when using this routine since it may interfere with JED's screen management routines forcing one to redraw the screen. Nevertheless, it can serve a useful purpose. For example, when run in an XTerm window, using

        tt_send ("\e[?9h");

will enable sending mouse click information to JED encoded as keypresses.

See Also

beep