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- # The original (hack-around) was written 4/20/93
- # by Mycroft!mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
- # who deserves bonus points for coming up with a clever way
- # to get around stupid limitations in the client
- #
- # This version was written 12/3/95
- # by hop!jnelson@acronet.net (Jeremy Nelson)
- # who hacked the $aliasctl() function into EPIC3pre5-fixit1
- # which allows you to do this cleanly.
- #
- alias edit
- {
- ^local edit.name $toupper($0)
- ^local edit.stuff $aliasctl(ALIAS GET $edit.name)
-
- if (edit.stuff)
- {
- type ^U
- xtype -literal /alias $^\edit.name $^\edit.stuff
- }
- {
- xecho -w 0 *** Unknown alias: $edit.name
- }
- }
-