/doc/efun/set_modify_command

SYNOPSIS

object set_modify_command(object)
object set_modify_command(string)
object set_modify_command(int)

DESCRIPTION

All commands for the current object (that must obviously be interactive) will be passed to ob->modify_command() before actually being executed. The argument can be passed an object or a file_name.

When set_modify_command() was called, the parser won't expand the standard abbreviations n,e,s,w,nw,sw,ne,se for that user anymore, nor use any hook set for this.

0 as argument will stop the command modification and reinstall the standard abbreviations. -1 as argument will just return the object previously set.

The return value is the object that was previously set with set_modify_command(), if any.

This mechanism is intended to expand aliases on quicktypers or the like.

HISTORY

Up to 3.2.1@108 the lfun called was hardcoded as 'modify_command'. The hook H_MODIFY_COMMAND_FNAME introduced in 3.2.1@109 allows to change the name.

SEE ALSO

command

hooks

modify_command

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