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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to use a multiple line list with the select command in ksh? Post 302846311 by haganator on Friday 23rd of August 2013 12:13:00 PM
Old 08-23-2013
alister...thank you so much. The original code did not have a "\" after "select term in"...which is the first line in the command. I could've sworn that I tried that, but after countless changes, I needed a new set of eyes. Works like a charm.

One more question. If you don't have a quick fix, you can tell me to do another post, but, I wanted to know if there is a way to display a multi-column list? Would I use select again or something else?

Thanks in advance,
Jeff
 

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ansi_cmacros

term::ansi::code::macros(n)					 Terminal control				       term::ansi::code::macros(n)

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NAME

       term::ansi::code::macros - Macro sequences

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require textutil::repeat

       package require textutil::tabify

       package require term::ansi::code::macros  ?0.1?

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::names

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::import ?ns? ?arg...?

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::menu menu

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::frame string

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DESCRIPTION

       This package provides higher level control sequences for more complex shapes.

API

   INTROSPECTION
       ::term::ansi::code::macros::names
	      This command is for introspection. It returns as its result a list containing the names of all attribute commands.

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::import ?ns? ?arg...?
	      This  command  imports some or all attribute commands into the namespace ns. This is by default the namespace macros. Note that this
	      is relative namespace name, placing the imported command into a child  of  the  current  namespace.  By  default	all  commands  are
	      imported, this can howver be restricted by listing the names of the wanted commands after the namespace argument.

   SEQUENCES
       ::term::ansi::code::macros::menu menu
	      The  description	of  a  menu  is converted into a formatted rectangular block of text, with the menu command characters highlighted
	      using bold red text.  The result is returned as the result of the command.

	      The description, menu, is a dictionary mapping from menu label to command character.

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::frame string
	      The paragraph of text contained in the string is padded with spaces at the right margin, after normalizing internal tabs,  and  then
	      put into a frame made of box-graphics. The result is returned as the result of the command.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This  document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems.	Please report such in the category term of
       the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you  may  have  for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       ansi, control, frame, menu, terminal

CATEGORY

       Terminal control

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>

term									0.1					       term::ansi::code::macros(n)
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