On Mon, 27 Mar 1995, Michael K. Lee wrote: > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 13:11:44 -0800 (PST) > From: Michael K. Lee <mklee@Sun2.IS.csupomona.edu> > To: Circle Mailing List <circle@pvv.unit.no> > Subject: anyone been able to page_string the where command? > > > Has anyone been able to page break the immortal where command? > the print_objects... function sprintfs to a buf, then sends_to_char > right away. Can we forget about the send_to_char in the function > and add page_string(ch->desc, buf) instead, at the end? > > mike > You can, but you have to take great care with the SIZE of the buffer. It is very easy for a where command to get a buffer size which is way out of hand. The checks you have to put on the size must be very conservative. --John John Neil e-mail: neil@math.mth.pdx.edu Mathematics Department UNIX SysAdmin and Maple Tech. Rep. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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