Peter Knapper wrote in a message to David Calafrancesco:

 RJT> When I saw that original post I was wondering how hard it
 RJT> would be to do something like that in REXX,  since that's a
 RJT> lot of what I plan to set up here,  once I get some things
 RJT> stabilized...

 DC> Rexx has a sleep function, but you can't interrupt it. 
 DC> I don't know if it has a timeout input function. If 
 DC> not, then I am not sure how you will implement it in 
 DC> REXX. 

 PK> My approach would be to implement that REXX code as event
 PK> driven and use PIPE's to control it. This means a SLEEP is
 PK> not needed, and I would "drive" the REXX script by stuffing
 PK> messages into the PIPE. Provided its not away doing
 PK> something, the REXX code will respond
 PK> instantly.............pk. 

I would like to echo the other response, can we see some examples please? I
have been able to modify some existing REXX programs but have yet to start
from scratch on anything ;)

Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave{at}drakkar.org

... They got the library at Alexandria, they're not getting mine! 
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