Subj : Re: .JS as a Command Shell
To   : Nightfox
From : Tracker1
Date : Sat Nov 21 2009 11:19 am

On 11/19/2009 3:14 PM, Nightfox wrote:
>> In S3, I have the baja in a loop with a pause prompt after exit, because 
>> need to exit out of the JS if you want to support changing shells.
> 
> There's an alternate way to handle that, as recommended by Digital Man.  In
> your .js shell, you can check for whether the user changed their shell and exit
> if so, as follows:
> 
> user.cached = false;
> var oldShell = user.command_shell;
> bbs.user_config();
> user.cached = false;
> bbs.user_sync();
> if (user.command_shell != oldShell)
>    exit(0);

Cool, I have something similar to jump out, without a cold exit.

> That's how I'm doing it in my .js shell, and the only thing I do in my Baja is
> simply run my .js script, and it is able to support changing shells.

well, mine has the added ability to CTRL-C out of the script, and make 
changes, hit enter and in the updated version.  ;)  This was really helpful 
when I was actively working on it.

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