NOTICE procedure

Gives access to the GenStat Notice Board: news, errors &c (R.W. Payne).

Option

No parameters

Description

NOTICE allows information to be printed from the GenStat Notice Board. The information is stored in a backing-store file whose name is defined by Library procedure LIBFILENAME; there must be a free backing-store channel to which the file can be attached.

   The PRINT option is used to specify what information is required. The possible values, with explanations in brackets, are as follows: news information about recent developments concerning GenStat, library recent developments concerning the Procedure Library, errors details about errors reported in GenStat directives, and other advice and warnings, instructions instructions for authors of library procedures.

Option: PRINT. Parameters: none.

Method

The information is held in subfile _notices of the backing-store file that holds help for the Library; the name of the file is supplied by procedure LIBFILENAME. The file is opened on the first available backing-store channel; if all the channels are in use, the procedures stops with a diagnostic. After printing the required information, the file is closed.