Re: st: A suggestion for multi-line commands

[David Airey <david.airey@Vanderbilt.Edu>]

I don't mind this addition as long as the default return/enter is not 
messed with or the automatic wrapping is not changed. Then if I don't 
want it, I can ignore this feature. I would not mind the addition, 
because I have come to avoid the command line when entering long graph 
commands. Readability is an issue from the command line. But at that 
point, students are not using the GUI. And if they are not using the 
GUI, they are grown up enough to use doedit. I find using the doedit 
window with the key command for "do selected lines" a useful 
alternative to entering graph commands at the command line. Simply type 
in the command line "doedit", then in the do window "#delimit ;" or use 
the "///" line continuation indicator and format to your graph command 
to you desire, select the text and (is OS X) do shift-command-D. It's 
not anymore key sequences considering if you use the command line you 
have to click the command dialog to return the command. And entering 
graph commands in this way might be just the thing to get your students 
all the way over to .do files.

-Dave

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