Re: st: RE: Postfile "forgets" the postfile

[Sebastian Eppner <eppner@uni-potsdam.de>]

Well, I concluded using -clear- in any ado file X would probably make
it hard for people to use X while posting into a postfile...
... IF there is no way to circumvent the loss of the postfile with
some other trick...
Sebastian

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
> Most people delete too little; this is a rare example of the opposite.
>
> But where does the last idea come from?
>
> -clear- may or may not belong in an .ado: all depends on what it does.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>
> Sebastian Eppner
>
> Hi Keith,
> great, that solved it! due to your hints I am more familiar with
> postfile commands now . seems like -clear- is a no-go in any well
> written ado file....
>
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