text-query

2011-11-05

A general text-based system for querying the user.

Upstream URL

common-lisp.net/project/asdf-packaging/text-query-latest.tar.gz

Author

Mark Kantrowitz

Maintainer

Peter Scott <sketerpot@gmail.com>

License

Free use, modification, and distribution. Copyright 1993 by Mark Kantrowitz.
README
Short Description ----------------- This is a generalized form of Y-OR-N-P and YES-OR-NO-P, adding more generality and the ability to time out with a default value. Author's Description -------------------- The QUERY package generalizes the capabilities of the Lisp functions Y-OR-N-P and YES-OR-NO-P, and is similar in many ways to the Symbolics FQUERY function. There are several major differences, one of which is QUERY's ability to timeout with a default value. In addition to redefining Y-OR-N-P and YES-OR-NO-P in terms of QUERY, this package defines Y-OR-N-P-WAIT and YES-OR-NO-P-WAIT to illustrate the timeout capability. More complicated queries are possible using the QUERY function. Packager's Notes ---------------- This is old code, from 1993, but it is good ANSI Common Lisp. It compiles and runs well under SBCL and should work in any modern Lisp implementation. Please see the source code for documentation, since it contains plenty of comments, docstrings, and examples. -Peter Scott, October 2004 Acknowledgements ---------------- This code was entirely written by Mark Kantrowitz and made available to us because of his generosity. Peter Scott, the maintainer of this package, would not be so presumptious to take credit for anything other than the asdf packaging.

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