[301,011] SAN DIEGO 79 SELECT - FRTRN CALLABLE ROUTINE FOR KEYBD OPTION SELECT REV. 790621. Base level: Version CS1.18 Date: 06-21-79 Patch level: None Date: Submitted by: Charles South Hughes Research Labs 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd. Malibu, CA 90265 phone:(213) 456-6411 Description: A FORTRAN callable MACRO routine to provide keyboard option selection from a specified list of options. Defaults are provided for, as is prompting, recognition & string completion via the ESCAPE key. At any point in keyboard input, a question-mark will elicit all remaining selections which are still not unique. System reqts: Approx. 1.2K words for the subroutine. Has been run only on RSX-11M, but no known restrictions to other RSX systems. Documentation: A .DOC file, well-commented source code, and a FORTRAN test program as an example. Status: No known bugs. However, if the task using the subroutine is checkpointed, then echoing of individual typed characters may be slow, or characters may be lost if accidentally typing ahead. Support: A currently actively used subroutine. The author welcomes reports of any problems encountered in using the routine. Current Release Change Summary (since last DECUS distribution): CS1.18 CHANGED 6/21/79 TO (CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?) FIX THE BUG THAT 1.17 TRIED AND FAILED TO FIX. ALSO TO "UNDO" THE DAMAGE THAT THE 1.17 FIX DID. ONE OF THOSE HORROR STORIES...THOUGHT I HAD TESTED THE FIX AND HADN'T (AN "@" SYMBOL WAS INSERTED IN THE WRONG LINE). MY APOLOGIES.