On Oct 8, 10:12 am, S=E9bastien de Mapias <sglrig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi,
> Could you tell me what's the simplest way to display a file
> at the GTM> prompt ? And how can I rewrite it to another
> one ?
>
> Moreover I have strong difficulties to understand the syntax
> of M, in particular in many example I see things like
> ~ set ...
> ~ use ...
> ~ <other instructions>
> ~ <etc.>
> ~THING1
> ~ for ...
> ~ <some instr.>
> ~THING2
> ~ while...
> ~ <etc etc.>
> When I see this does it mean this is the contents of a
> .m file (the first line and following begin with blank spaces,
> the a section starts with a string, then the following lines
> again are with spaces, then another section starts at the
> beginning etc.) ? (I've used the '~' to signify it's the beginning
> of my line)
> If I start typing at the mumps prompt like above, it fails (that's
> why I guess such examples represent the contents of M files
> don't they ?)...
>
> Thanks.
> S=E9bastien
Instead of trying to learn MUMPS in little bits and pieces from
comp.lang.mumps, let me recommend a book (http://tinyurl.com/33sj48):
M Programming - A Comprehensive Guide by Prof. Richard Walters. The
GT.M Programmers Guide (http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/
user_do***entation/GTM-PG-UNIX44/index.htm) is also well worth a read.
Regards
-- Bhaskar
ks dot bhaskar at fnis dot com <-- note new domain
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