I would like to read in the name of a person with an arbitrary number
or parts without having to be concerned about interpretation of parentheses,
and wait for the user at a terminal to type the characters in.
READ waits, but reads in only until the first space, and reads in expressions.
READ-LINE reads in the whole line but does not wait.
I am using XLISP 2.1 for WINDOWS
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In article <·················@fnord.lehman.com> ···@lehman.com (Rick Busdiecker) writes:
>In article <············@early-bird.think.com> ······@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>
> The solution I've used is to do a FLUSH-INPUT after the READ, to clear out
> the input buffer.
>
>
>To do a what?!
> ..[etc.]
I'm surprised that Barry gave a non-common lisp answer. He's usually
precise and on the money with his responses. :-)
Anyway, I saw the original posting and wondered what the question
really was. It's time to end this thread...
To original poster: What exactly is the problem/question? What
behavior are you after? Send me E-mail and I'll answer.
Pete.