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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:39:45 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199510132200.IAA21348@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Oct 14, 95 08:00:14 am
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> 
> >> > 2.	"ACK, that's horrible, use -2 for auto-configuring devices",
> >> > (3 rsp)	even though Mike indicated that handling negative numbers in the
> >> > 	"visual" config editor was a problem.  This group mentioned no
> >> > 	other problems with the rest of the idea.
> >> 
> >> The visual config should translate the negative numbers into something
> >> better understandable ("N/A", and "AUTO", the user can hit "a" to say
> >> AUTO).
> 
> >Ah well, so much for code reuse 8)  Not a bad idea, though.
> 
> I don't see where the lex scanner in config is being reused :-).  Standard
> config syntax is "?" for auto and nothing for not applicable.  Why have
> yet another syntax?
NOTHING (NOT) woult be a '!' right?   :)
> 
> Bruce
>