On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Ivan Drucker wrote:
NuInput is an easy-to-use replacement for Applesoft's INPUT; it gives you, the programmer, a ton of control over the user's entry. On a prompt by prompt basis, you can control which keys can be typed (for menus, Y/N, numeric input, etc); auto-convert lowercase to uppercase; set the maximum entry length; provide a default entry; accept comma, colon, and quote; honor the DELETE key on a //e or //c; let the user ESCape out; prohibit blank entry; and plenty more.
Bless you! I'm really looking forward to trying this out... especially as I'm currently working on a program that's heavily input intensive and the complexities of error-handling have already made it far less fun than it should be...
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