Shorthand for command args

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 16362
interpreted = N
texte = For a future release of WebCat, would it be possible to add short-hand forcommand arguments?Something like:[lookup db=../the.db&value=[sku]&lookinfield=sku&returnfield=description¬found=ERROR]could also be written:[lookup db=../the.db&v=[sku]&l=sku&r=description&n=ERROR]It seems that options like these, since they would be within the [brackets] ofthe command itself, wouldn't conflict with anything. Users would have theoption of typing out the full argument names or using the shorthand versions.On the overboard side, you could also add perl-like math shorthands:nuts=nuts+7 would be shortened to 7+=nuts-Pat McCormick Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Shorthand for command args (Pat McCormick 1998)

For a future release of WebCat, would it be possible to add short-hand forcommand arguments?Something like:[lookup db=../the.db&value=[sku]&lookinfield=sku&returnfield=description¬found=ERROR]could also be written:[lookup db=../the.db&v=[sku]&l=sku&r=description&n=ERROR]It seems that options like these, since they would be within the [brackets] ofthe command itself, wouldn't conflict with anything. Users would have theoption of typing out the full argument names or using the shorthand versions.On the overboard side, you could also add perl-like math shorthands:nuts=nuts+7 would be shortened to 7+=nuts-Pat McCormick Pat McCormick

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