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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 88e854a5..697d9107 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -14374,7 +14374,7 @@ while the program runs. The value of the @code{getgid()} system call. @item PROCINFO["pgrpid"] -@cindex process group idIDof @command{gawk} process +@cindex process group ID of @command{gawk} process The process group ID of the current process. @item PROCINFO["pid"] @@ -14426,7 +14426,7 @@ The version of the GNU MP library. The maximum precision supported by MPFR. @item PROCINFO["prec_min"] -@cindex minimum precision supported by MPFR library +@cindex minimum precision required by MPFR library The minimum precision required by MPFR. @end table @@ -34443,6 +34443,24 @@ Add functions to implement system calls such as @code{chown()}, @code{chmod()}, and @code{umask()} to the file operations extension presented in @ref{Internal File Ops}. +@c Idea from comp.lang.awk, February 2015 +@item +Write an input parser that prints a prompt if the input is +a from a ``terminal'' device. You can use the @code{isatty()} +function to tell if the input file is a terminal. (Hint: this function +is usually expensive to call; try to call it just once.) +The content of the prompt should come from a variable settable +by @command{awk}-level code. +You can write the prompt to stanard error. However, +for best results, open a new file descriptor (or file pointer) +on @file{/dev/tty} and print the prompt there, in case standard +error has been redirected. + +Why is standard error a better +choice than standard output for writing the prompt? +Which reading mechanism should you replace, the one to get +a record, or the one to read raw bytes? + @item (Hard.) How would you provide namespaces in @command{gawk}, so that the |