Subject: macro to make toast

From: Darren Wyn Rees <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:47:31 +0000

I'm told Pine is REALLY well-specified...

I need help.  I usually download my mail very
early in the morning.  Toaster nearby. 

Is there a way to create some sort of macro
in Pine so that I can press CNTL + T (for toast)
to make the toast? 

Thnx (I'm hungry)
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Darren Rees             [email-masked]

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From: Vinnie Chassot <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:32:17 -0700 (PDT)

well..lessee..alot of variables here, but if I assume you have a linux
box, then you could write a little proggie to send appropriate signals out
the parallel port to a little robotic arm that could then pick up a piece
of bread, put it in the toaster, and push it down. in the editor ^T
spelldchecks, so all you'd have to do is replace the spell check command
with your proggie

I think it'd work ;)

Vinnie

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On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Darren Wyn Rees wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:47:31 +0000
> From: Darren Wyn Rees <[email-masked]>
> To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
> Subject: macro to make toast
>

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From: Joe Haskian <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:11:10 +1000 (AEST)

Yes. Apparently I too was once confronted with a similar dilemna.
An academic requested that I configure (PC) pine for her so that it
can make her breakfast  (not just toast mind you, she wanted
eggs, sausages, coffee the lot!). After a little
int. x86 asm. programming, I ran pine. I thought I had the job
done, but there was one minor bug (when I fix this, I'll let you know).
You see, when I hit "ctrl+B" (where "B" a macro that loads a .com
program which would produce the entire breakfast package), I kept getting
the error message

"BREAKFAST.COM halted .... cereal port not detected".
                           ^^^^^^
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PS I realize that this is a medium for discussion of legitimate pine
technical issues, and I if anyone feels that this is being undermined by
my reply, my deepest apologies. But I found Darren's email so amusing 
that I just had to put my bit in.

Joe

> in Pine so that I can press CNTL + T (for toast)

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