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Re: [RESEND] Do 'select' should behave like this?

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From: DervishD <raul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [RESEND] Do 'select' should behave like this?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:14:48 +0200
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    Hi Bart :)

 * Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
> >     select ITEM in 1 2 3 4 ; do print $ITEM ; clear ; done
> >     Enter '1', for example, and see how the list dissapears.
> Right; "select" only reprints the select list when the user seems to be 
> confused about the possible choices.  It has no way of knowing what the
> state of the screen is.

    OK, I thought that it was a bug, but this makes sense.
 
> > You must press 'enter' to display it again. Any way of solving this?
> Not directly with only select.  You can of course do this:
> 
>   while some suitable condition
>   do
>     select ITEM in 1 2 3 4
>     do
>       a thing that wipes the screen
>       break
>     done
>   done

    That will do, Bart, thanks a lot :))))) 

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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