i belive there is a perfectly functional abbreviations snippet on alex's
page.
or there used to be. no sense in re-inventing the wheel. as i remember,
its just a matter of swatting a line of code. you dont even have to
write
any new code.
also, i noticed that you posted in html. that makes it hard for text
based mailers to read what you are saying.
> Cj Stremick wrote:
>
> Hi, guys. Enough people asked for it, I'll just post this to the
> list.
>
> It works like this - It'll find an abbreviation anywhere in a
> space-separated list. So calling it on:
> PUT JUI CH (put juicy chest)
> "JUI", "APPLE RED JUICY"
> -or-
> "CH", "BOX CHEST"
> will work well.
>
> Remember - this is certainly not as efficient as it should be. Also,
> it's the first time in a couple years I've looked at it and I just
> noticed I made my own "tolower" function called "lcase". Why? Beats
> me! Probably too much Visual Basic during the days...;-) Anyway,
> that's included too.
>
> What to do? Comment out the stock "isname" function (it's in
> handler.c) and plug the two included functions in. Since the arg list
> is the same, the calls should not need to be changed. I think that's
> all.
>
> Oh - and if anyone tightens this up, please post it back to the list.
>
> I have to go. I'm hungry for an apple all the sudden...
>
> -Cj
> http://dibrova.betterbox.net/~dibrova/
>
>
>
> Name: isname.txt
> isname.txt Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
> Encoding: quoted-printable
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