Re: [Bashburn-info] I think I fixed the AUTHOR problem.

[Nick W. <ni...@li...>]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:17:04 -0400 (EDT)
"Steven W. Orr" <st...@sy...> wrote:

> It looks like we have three different values that are being used for
> IFS. There's the IFS=: which is needed to read a bbrc file. There's
> IFS=@ used to pass uneval'd data to bbconfmenu. And now there's
> IFS='|' which is needed to store configure_changes. (BTW, the
> implication is that a config val may no longer contain an embedded
> pipe char.)
> 
> Nick, I hope this works. There's always one guy who screws up and
> makes people aware that he's good at testing. I consider it a
> blessing. ;-) The good news is that if you find anything wrong with
> it, it should be easy to fix. (I try to never let people know that I
> know how to get the printer working. ;-)
> 
> On a related topic, I was just curious. Do people understand what IFS
> is and what I'm doing with it? How it gets restored? etc...?
> 

OK, still not right.  Remove bashburnrc file, and first setting:

Your Choice? |> Nick Warne
/usr/lib/Bashburn/lib/func/configfunc.sh: line 131: Warne: command not
found

Second attempt immediately after:

Your Choice? |> Nick Warne
8) Author                       (Nick)*

Third attempt immediately after:

Your Choice? |> Nick Warne
8) Author                       (Nick Warne)*

Now try mail address:

Your Choice? |> Nick Warne ni...@uk...
8) Author                       (Nick Warne nick)*

Nick
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