Abandoned (Video)TECO implementation on top of The Hessling Editor, written in Open Object Rexx

theco.rex

#!/usr/local/bin/nthe -p

if .environment~theco.initialized \= .nil then return

/*
 * Initialize classic Rexx function packages
 */
call ReLoadFuncs

/*
 * THE profile code: THECO initialization
 */
keys = .Array~of(-
	"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J",-
	"K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T",-
	"U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z", "S-A", "S-B", "S-C", "S-D",-
	"S-E", "S-F", "S-G", "S-H", "S-I", "S-J", "S-K", "S-L", "S-M", "S-N",-
	"S-O", "S-P", "S-Q", "S-R", "S-S", "S-T", "S-U", "S-V", "S-W", "S-X",-
	"S-Y", "S-Z", "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7",-
	"8", "9", "`", "-", "=", "[", "]", "\", ";", "'",-
	",", ".", "/", ")", "!", "@", "#", "$", "%",-
	"^", "&", "*", "(", "~", "_", "+", "{", "}", "|",-
	":", '"', "<", ">", "?", "SPACE", "ESC", "F0", "F1", "F2", "F3",-
	"F4", "F5", "F6", "F7", "F8", "F9", "F10", "F11", "F12", "S-F1",-
	"S-F2", "S-F3", "S-F4", "S-F5", "S-F6", "S-F7", "S-F8", "S-F9", "S-F10", "S-F11",-
	"S-F12", "C-F1", "C-F2", "C-F3", "C-F4", "C-F5", "C-F6", "C-F7", "C-F8", "C-F9",-
	"C-F10", "C-F11", "C-F12", "A-F1", "A-F2", "A-F3", "A-F4", "A-F5", "A-F6", "A-F7",-
	"A-F8", "A-F9", "A-F10", "A-F11", "A-F12", "F13", "F14", "F15", "F16", "F17",-
	"F18", "F19", "F20", "S-F13", "S-F14", "S-F15", "S-F16", "S-F17", "S-F18", "S-F19",-
	"NUM0", "NUM1", "NUM2", "NUM3", "NUM4", "CENTER", "NUM6", "NUM7", "NUM8", "NUM9",-
	"CURU", "CURD", "CURL", "CURR", "ENTER", "ENTER", "TAB", "HOME", "PGUP",-
	"PGDN", "END", "INS", "DEL", "PLUS", "MINUS", "SLASH", "STAR", "NUMENTER", "NUMSTOP",-
	"S-HOME", "S-END", "S-CURL", "S-CURR",-
	"C-TAB", "C-HOME", "C-PGUP", "C-PGDN", "C-CURU", "C-CURD",-
	"C-CURL", "C-CURR", "C-END",-
	"S-TAB", "S-INS", "SELECT", "PRINT", "S-PRINT", "FIND", "S-FIND", "SUSPEND", "S-SUSPEND",-
	"CLEAR", "OPTIONS", "S-OPTIONS", "BREAK", "CANCEL", "S-CANCEL", "HELP", "S-HELP", "S-TAB",-
	"S-INS", "EXIT", "CURD",-
	"CURU", "CURL", "CURR", "BACKSPACE", "HOME", "PF1", "PF2", "PF3", "PF4", "NUMENTER",-
	"MINUS", "NUMSTOP", "COMMA", "STAR", "PLUS", "SLASH", "S-TAB", "FIND", "INS", "REMOVE",-
	"DEL", "SELECT", "PGUP", "PGDN", "TAB", "ENTER", "TAB", "RETURN", "CSI", "BREAK",-
	"DL", "IL", "DC", "INS", "EIC", "CLEAR", "EOS", "EOL", "SF", "SR",-
	"PGDN", "PGUP", "S-TAB", "C-TAB", "CATAB", "ENTER", "S-RESET", "RESET", "PRINT", "LL",-
	"A1", "A3", "B2", "C1", "C3", "S-TAB", "BEG", "CANCEL", "CLOSE", "COMMAND",-
	"COPY", "CREATE", "END", "EXIT", "FIND", "HELP", "MARK", "MESSAGE", "MOVE", "NEXT",-
	"OPEN", "OPTIONS", "PREVIOUS", "REDO", "REFERENCE", "REFRESH", "REPLACE", "RESTART", "RESUME", "SAVE",-
	"S-BEG", "S-CANCEL", "S-COMMAND", "S-COPY", "S-CREATE", "S-DC", "S-DL", "SELECT", "S-END", "S-EOL",-
	"S-EXIT", "S-FIND", "S-HELP", "S-HOME", "S-INS", "S-CURL", "S-MESSAGE", "S-MOVE", "S-NEXT", "S-OPTIONS",-
	"S-PREVIOUS", "S-PRINT", "S-REDO", "S-REPLACE", "S-CURR", "S-RSUME", "S-SAVE", "S-SUSPEND", "S-UNDO", "SUSPEND",-
	"UNDO", "C-CURL", "C-CURR", "C-CURU", "C-CURD", "C-HOME", "C-END", "C-PGUP", "C-PGDN", "C-A",-
	"C-B", "C-C", "C-D", "C-E", "C-F", "C-G", "C-H", "C-I", "C-J", "C-K",-
	"C-L", "C-M", "C-N", "C-O", "C-P", "C-Q", "C-R", "C-S", "C-T", "C-U",-
	"C-V", "C-W", "C-X", "C-Y", "C-Z",-
)
'set msgmode off'
do key over keys
	'define' key 'rexx call theco_keypress' stringify(key)';',
			  '::requires "theco"'
end
'set msgmode on'

'set cmdline off'
'set insertmode on'

/*
 * configurable by THECO macro
 */
'color filearea white black'
'color pr green black'
'color cpr black green'
'color arrow green black'
'color st black white'
'color to bold green black'
'color cto bold black green'
'color divider black white'
'color idline black white'
'color scale green black'
'color cur reverse'

'ecolor b yellow black'
'ecolor s white black'
'ecolor f bright cyan on black'
'ecolor i magenta on black'
'ecolor c bright blue on black'
'ecolor d bright green on black'
'ecolor a blue on black'
'ecolor x magenta on black'
'ecolor 5 red on black'
'ecolor 2 bright blue on black'
'ecolor 6 bright green on black'
'ecolor y bright green on black'
'ecolor w bright red on black'

'set beep on'
'set insertmode on'
/*'reprofile on'*/
/* NOTE: currently broken on THE v3.3 RC1? */
'set tabkey tab character'

/*
 * NOTE: control chars broken on THE v3.3 RC1
 * NOTE: setting excape char yields error
 * WORKAROUND: reset attribs after escaping the escape char
 * WORKAROUND: disable messages for setting escape char
 */
'nomsg set ctlchar \ escape'
'set ctlchar N protect normal'
'set ctlchar R protect reverse'

.environment~theco.cmdline = ""
.environment~theco.undo = .UndoStackDummy~new
.environment~theco.quit_requested = .false

.environment~theco.escape = '1B'x
.environment~theco.modifiers.at = .false
.environment~theco.modifiers.colon = .false

'set reserved -1' echo_cmdline(.environment~theco.cmdline)

/*
 * Parser state machine
 */
s = .Table~new
s["start"] = .StateStart~new
s["start"][""] = "start"
s["start"][" "] = "start"
s["start"]['0D'x] = "start"
s["start"]['0A'x] = "start"
s["start"]["!"] = "label"
s["start"]["^"] = "ctlcmd"
s["start"]["F"] = "fcmd"
s["start"]['"'] = "condcmd"
s["start"]["O"] = "cmd_goto"
s["start"]["Q"] = "qcmd"
s["start"]["U"] = "ucmd"
s["start"]["%"] = "inccmd"
s["start"]["M"] = "mcmd"
s["start"]["E"] = "ecmd"
s["start"]["I"] = "cmd_insert"
s["start"]["S"] = "cmd_search"

s["label"] = .StateLabel~new
s["label"][""] = "label"

s["ctlcmd"] = .StateCtlCmd~new
s["ctlcmd"][""] = "ctlcmd"
s["ctlcmd"]["U"] = "ctlucmd"

s["ctlucmd"] = .StateCtlUCmd~new
s["ctlucmd"][""] = "ctlucmd"

s["cmd_ctlu"] = .StateCmdCtlU~new

s["fcmd"] = .StateFCmd~new
s["fcmd"][""] = "fcmd"

s["condcmd"] = .StateCondCmd~new
s["condcmd"][""] = "condcmd"

s["cmd_goto"] = .StateCmdGoto~new

s["qcmd"] = .StateQCmd~new
s["qcmd"][""] = "qcmd"

s["ucmd"] = .StateUCmd~new
s["ucmd"][""] = "ucmd"

s["inccmd"] = .StateIncCmd~new
s["inccmd"][""] = "inccmd"

s["mcmd"] = .StateMCmd~new
s["mcmd"][""] = "mcmd"

s["ecmd"] = .StateECmd~new
s["ecmd"][""] = "ecmd"
s["ecmd"]["B"] = "cmd_file"
s["ecmd"]["Q"] = "eqcmd"

s["cmd_file"] = .StateCmdFile~new

s["eqcmd"] = .StateEQCmd~new
s["eqcmd"][""] = "eqcmd"

s["cmd_insert"] = .StateCmdInsert~new

s["cmd_search"] = .StateCmdSearch~new

.environment~theco.states = s
.environment~theco.state = s["start"]

/*
 * Operator precedence table
 * "=" is not a real operator and excluded from comparisons
 */
operators = .Array~of("^*","*","/","^/","+","-","&","#","(","<")
.ArithmeticStack~precedence = .Table~new
do i = 1 to operators~items
	.ArithmeticStack~precedence[operators[i]] = i
end
.ArithmeticStack~precedence[.nil] = i

.ArithmeticStack~operators = .Operators~new

.environment~theco.stack = .ArithmeticStack~new

.environment~theco.reg_arg = .nil
/*
 * Strings (for storing string arguments)
 */
.environment~theco.strings.1 = ""
.environment~theco.strings.2 = ""

/*
 * Q-Registers
 */
.environment~theco.registers = .Table~new
do c = "A"~c2d to "Z"~c2d
	.environment~theco.registers[c~d2c] = .QRegister~new(c~d2c)
end
do c = 0 to 9
	.environment~theco.registers[c] = .QRegister~new(c)
end
/* search string & status (examined by ";" command) */
.environment~theco.registers["_"] = .QRegister~new("_")
.environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer = 0 /* failure */

/*
 * THECO labels mapped to program counters
 */
.environment~theco.goto_table = .Table~new

.environment~theco.pc = 0
.environment~theco.exec = .true
.environment~theco.skip_else = .false
.environment~theco.skip_label = .nil
.environment~theco.nest_level = 0

'locate 1'

/*
 * Execute TECO.INI
 */
input = .Stream~new("teco.ini")
input~open("read")

if \execute(input~charIn(1, input~chars)) then do
	say "Error executing teco.ini"
	return
end

input~close

.environment~theco.pc = 0
.environment~theco.undo = .UndoStack~new

.environment~theco.initialized = .true

/*
 * Main entry point, called on key press
 */
::routine theco_keypress public
	use arg key_the

	/*
	 * Translate THE key to TECO ASCII char
	 */
	select
	when lastkey.2() \== "" then
		key_char = lastkey.2()~d2c
	when key_the == "BACKSPACE" then
		key_char = '08'x
	when key_the == "DC" then
		/* FIXME: preliminary escape surrogate */
		key_char = '1B'x
	otherwise
		'emsg WARNING: Unresolved key' key_the 'ignored'
		return
	end

	cmdline = sor(.environment~theco.cmdline, "")

	/*
	 * Process immediate editing commands
	 */
	insert = ""
	select
	when key_the == "BACKSPACE" then do
		.environment~theco.undo~pop(cmdline~length)
		cmdline = cmdline~left(max(cmdline~length - 1, 0))
		.environment~theco.pc = cmdline~length
	end
	when key_the == "C-T" | key_char == '09'x,-
	     .environment~theco.state~name == "cmd_file" then do
		filename = .environment~theco.strings.1
		insert = filename_complete(filename, .environment~theco.escape)
	end
	when key_the == "C-T" then do
		start = last_match(cmdline, '0D 0A 09'x "<>,;@") + 1
		insert = filename_complete(cmdline~substr(start))
	end
	otherwise
		insert = key_char
	end

	old_cmdline = .environment~theco.cmdline
	.environment~theco.cmdline = cmdline

	/*
	 * Parse/execute characters
	 */
	do insert_index = 1 to insert~length
		cmdline ||= insert~subchar(insert_index)
		.environment~theco.cmdline = cmdline

		if \execute(cmdline) then do
			.environment~theco.cmdline = old_cmdline
			leave insert_index
		end
	end

	/*
	 * Echo command line
	 */
	'set reserved -1' echo_cmdline(sor(.environment~theco.cmdline, ""))

/*
 * Parse/execute
 */
::routine execute
	use arg code

	do while .environment~theco.pc < code~length
		.environment~theco.pc += 1

		c = code~subchar(.environment~theco.pc)
		if \.State~input(c) then do
			.environment~theco.pc -= 1 /* FIXME */

			'emsg Syntax error "'c'"'
			return .false
		end
	end

	return .true

/*
 * Return cmdline in as a reserved line string (for echoing)
 */
::routine echo_cmdline
	use arg cmdline

	/* FIXME : could use CHANGESTR() */
	line = ""
	do i = 1 to cmdline~length
		c = cmdline~subchar(i)

		select
		when c == "\" then
			line ||= "\\N"
		when c == '1B'x then
			line ||= "$"
		when c == '0D'x  then
			line ||= "<CR>"
		when c == '0A'x then
			line ||= "<LF>"
		when c == '09'x then
			line ||= "<TAB>"
		when c~c2d < 32 then
			line ||= "^"ctlecho(c)
		otherwise
			line ||= c
		end
	end

	half_line = (lscreen.2() - 2) % 2
	line = line~right(min(line~length,-
			      half_line + line~length // half_line))

	return "*"line"\R "

/*
 * Complete filename/path (used for autocompletions)
 */
::routine filename_complete
	use arg filename, completed=" "

	/*
	 * Do not complete match specs
	 */
	if is_matchspec(filename) then return ""

	/*
	 * Get all files/directorie beginning with `filename`
	 */
	if SysFileTree(filename"*", "matching.") \= 0 then return ""
	if matching.0 = 0 then return ""

	complete_chars = filespec("name", filename)~length

	/*
	 * Complete the entire filename if possible
	 */
	matching.1 = get_real_filename(matching.1)

	if matching.0 = 1 then do
		if matching.1~right(1) \== get_path_sep() then
			matching.1 ||= completed
		return matching.1~substr(complete_chars + 1)
	end

	/*
	 * Find the longest common prefix of all matching files/directories
	 * and complete it
	 */
	longest_prefix = matching.1~length
	longest_file = matching.1~length

	do i = 2 to matching.0
		matching.i = get_real_filename(matching.i)

		longest_prefix = min(longest_prefix,-
				     matching.i~compare(matching.1) - 1)
		longest_file = max(longest_file, matching.i~length)
	end

	if longest_prefix > complete_chars then
		return matching.1~left(longest_prefix),
				 ~substr(complete_chars + 1)

	/*
	 * If no completion is possible, display all matching files
	 */
	if SysStemSort("matching.") \= 0 then return ""

	screen_width = lscreen.2()
	col_length = min(longest_file + 3, screen_width)

	old_msglines = msgline.3()
	'set msgline on = * ='

	line = ""
	do i = 1 to matching.0
		if line~length + col_length > screen_width then do
			'msg' line
			line = ""
		end
		line ||= matching.i~left(col_length)
	end
	'msg' line

	'set msgline on =' old_msglines '='
	return ""

::class UndoToken
	::attribute pos
	::attribute code

	::method INIT
		use arg self~pos, self~code

	::method run
		interpret self~code

::class UndoStack subclass Queue
	::method push
		use arg code

		token = .UndoToken~new(.environment~theco.cmdline~length, code)
		self~push:super(token)

	::method push_cmd
		use arg cmd

		self~push(stringify(cmd))

	::method pop
		use arg pos

		do while self~peek \= .nil, self~peek~pos = pos
			self~pull~run
		end

/*
 * Undo stack dummy implementation - use when rubout is not required
 */
::class UndoStackDummy
	::method push
	::method push_cmd
	::method pop

/*
 * Class implementing THECO operators, dy default forwarded to the String class
 * (by default THECO operator equals Rexx operator)
 */
::class Operators
	::method "/"
		return arg(1) % arg(2)
	::method "&"
		return arg(1)~d2c~bitAnd(arg(2)~d2c)~c2d
	::method "#"
		return arg(1)~d2c~bitOr(arg(2)~d2c)~c2d
	::method "^*"
		return arg(1) ** arg(2)
	::method "^/"
		return arg(1) // arg(2)

	::method UNKNOWN
		use arg name, arguments

		return arguments[1]~send(name, arguments[2])

::class ArithmeticStack
	::attribute precedence class
	::attribute operators class

	/* special value "" is pushed by "," and means: no argument (yet) */
	::attribute nums
	::attribute ops

	::attribute num_sign
	::attribute radix

	::method INIT
		self~nums = .Queue~new
		self~ops = .Queue~new

		self~num_sign = 1
		self~radix = 10

	::method set_radix
		use arg radix

		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.stack~radix =" self~radix-
		)
		self~radix = radix

	::method push_num
		do while self~nums~peek = ""
			self~pop_num
		end

		self~push_op("=")

		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.stack~nums~pull"-
		)
		forward message "push" to (self~nums)

	::method pop_num
		use arg index=1

		n = self~~pop_op~nums~remove(index)
		if n \= .nil then
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.stack~nums~insert('"n"',"-
				isor(index - 1, ".nil")")"-
			)

		return n

	::method pop_num_calc
		use arg index=1, imply=(self~num_sign)

		n = ""
		if self~~eval~args > 0 then
			n = self~pop_num(index)
		if n == "" then
			n = imply

		if self~num_sign < 0 then do
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.stack~num_sign = -1"-
			)
			self~num_sign = 1
		end

		return n

	::method add_digit
		use arg digit

		n = ""
		if self~args > 0 then
			n = self~pop_num

		self~push_num(sor(n, 0)*self~radix + self~num_sign*digit)

	::method push_op
		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.stack~ops~pull"-
		)
		forward message "push" to (self~ops)
	
	::method push_op_calc
		use arg op

		/* calculate if op has lower precedence than op on stack */
		if .ArithmeticStack~precedence[self~ops[self~first_op]] <=,
		   .ArithmeticStack~precedence[op] then self~calc
		self~push_op(op)

	::method pop_op
		use arg index=1

		o = self~ops~remove(index)
		if o \= .nil then
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.stack~ops~insert('"o"',"-
				isor(index - 1, ".nil")")"-
			)

		return o

	::method calc
		vright = self~pop_num
		op = self~pop_op
		vleft = self~pop_num

		self~push_num(-
			.ArithmeticStack~operators~send(op, vleft, vright)-
		)

	::method eval
		use arg pop_brace=.false

		if self~nums~items < 2 then return

		do label calc forever
			n = self~first_op
			op = self~ops[n]

			select
			when op = .nil | op == "<" then leave calc
			when op == "(" then do
				if pop_brace then self~pop_op(n)
				leave calc
			end
			otherwise self~calc
			end
		end calc

	::method args
		do n = 0 while self~ops[n+1] = "="; end
		return n

	::method first_op
		do n = 1 to self~ops~items while self~ops[n] = "="; end
		return n

	::method discard_args
		do self~~eval~args
			self~pop_num_calc
		end

::class QRegister
	::attribute name

	::attribute integer
	::attribute fileid

	::method INIT
		use arg self~name
		self~integer = 0

		/*
		 * FIXME: create as pseudo-files if possible
		 */
		prev_file = efileid.1()
		'nomsg edit' SysTempFileName("THECO.???")
		'add' /* no we are automatically in line 1 */
		self~fileid = efileid.1()
		'edit' prev_file

	::method edit
		.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('edit' efileid.1())
		'edit' self~fileid

	::method "string"
		old_fileid = efileid.1()
		'edit' self~fileid
		buffer = get_buffer()
		'edit' old_fileid

		return buffer~toString("l", get_eol())

	::method "string="
		use arg val

		old_fileid = efileid.1()
		'edit' self~fileid

		.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('edit' old_fileid),
				       ~~push_cmd('clocate :'column.1()),
				       ~~push_cmd('locate :'line.1())
		buffer = get_buffer()
		do i = 1 to buffer~items
			if i > 1 then
				.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('split cursor')
			.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('cinsert' buffer[i])
		end
		.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('add'),
				       ~~push_cmd('delete *'),
				       ~~push_cmd('locate :1'),
				       ~~push_cmd('edit' self~fileid)

		'locate :1'
		'delete *'
		do line over tokenize(val, '0D 0A'x)
			'add'
			'cinsert' line
		end
		'locate :1'

		'edit' old_fileid

::class State
	::attribute name
	::attribute transitions

	::method INIT
		use arg self~name
		self~transitions = .Table~new

	::method "[]="
		forward to (self~transitions)

	::method eval_colon class
		if \.environment~theco.modifiers.colon then return .false

		.environment~theco.modifiers.colon = .false
		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.modifiers.colon = true"-
		)
		return .true

	::method input class
		use arg key

		state = .environment~theco.state

		do forever
			next_state = state~get_next_state(key)

			/* syntax error */
			if next_state == "" then return .false

			if next_state == state~name then leave
			state = .environment~theco.states[next_state]

			key = ""
		end

		if next_state \== .environment~theco.state~name then do
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			       ".environment~theco.state ="-
			       ".environment~theco.states['"||-
			       .environment~theco.state~name"']"-
			)
			.environment~theco.state = state
		end

		return .true

	::method get_next_state
		use arg key

		next_state = self~transitions[key~upper]
		if next_state = .nil then
			next_state = self~custom(key)

		return next_state

	::method custom abstract

/*
 * Super-class for states accepting string arguments
 * Opaquely cares about alternative-escape characters,
 * string building commands and accumulation into a string
 */
::class StateExpectString subclass State
	::attribute state class
	::attribute mode class
	::attribute toctl class

	::method INIT
		.StateExpectString~state = "start"
		.StateExpectString~mode = ""
		.StateExpectString~toctl = .false

		forward class (super)

	::method save_machine class
		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".StateExpectString~state =" stringify(self~state)-
		)~~push(-
			".StateExpectString~mode =" stringify(self~mode)-
		)~~push(".StateExpectString~toctl =" self~toctl)

	::method machine class
		use arg input

		select
		when self~mode == "upper" then
			input = input~upper
		when self~mode == "lower" then
			input = input~lower
		otherwise
		end

		if self~toctl then do
			input = input~upper~bitAnd('3F'x)
			self~toctl = .false
		end

		select
		when self~state == "escaped" then do
			self~state = "start"
			return input
		end
		when input == "^" then
			self~toctl = .true
		when self~state == "start" then do
			if input~c2d >= 32 then return input

			echo = ctlecho(input)
			select
			when echo == "Q" |,
			     echo == "R" then self~state = "escaped"
			when echo == "V" then self~state = "lower"
			when echo == "W" then self~state = "upper"
			when echo == "E" then self~state = "ctle"
			otherwise
				return input
			end
		end
		when self~state == "lower" then do
			self~state = "start"

			select
			when input~c2d < 32, ctlecho(input) == "V" then
				self~mode = "lower"
			otherwise
				return input~lower
			end
		end
		when self~state == "upper" then do
			self~state = "start"

			select
			when input~c2d < 32, ctlecho(input) == "W" then
				self~mode = "upper"
			otherwise
				return input~upper
			end
		end
		when self~state == "ctle" then do
			input = input~upper

			select
			when input == "Q" then self~state = "ctleq"
			when input == "U" then self~state = "ctleu"
			otherwise
				return .nil
			end
		end
		when self~state == "ctleq" then do
			reg = .environment~theco.registers[input~upper]
			if reg = .nil then return .nil

			self~state = "start"
			return reg~string
		end
		when self~state == "ctleu" then do
			reg = .environment~theco.registers[input~upper]
			if reg = .nil then return .nil

			self~state = "start"
			return reg~integer~d2c
		end
		otherwise
			return .nil
		end

		return ""

	::method custom
		use arg key

		if key == "" then do
			if .environment~theco.exec then self~initial
			return self~name
		end

		/*
		 * String termination handling
		 */
		if .environment~theco.modifiers.at then do
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.modifiers.at = .true"-
			)~~push(".environment~theco.escape = '1B'x")

			.environment~theco.modifiers.at = .false
			.environment~theco.escape = key~upper

			return self~name
		end

		if key~upper == .environment~theco.escape then do
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.escape ="-
				"'".environment~theco.escape~c2x"'x"-
			)~~push(-
				".environment~theco.strings.1 ="-
				stringify(.environment~theco.strings.1)-
			)

			.environment~theco.escape = '1B'x
			str = .environment~theco.strings.1
			.environment~theco.strings.1 = ""

			.StateExpectString~~save_machine~state = "start"
			.StateExpectString~mode = ""
			.StateExpectString~toctl = .false

			return self~done(str)
		end

		/*
		 * String building characters
		 */
		insert = .StateExpectString~~save_machine~machine(key)
		if insert = .nil then return ""
		if insert == "" then return self~name

		/*
		 * String accumulation
		 */
		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.strings.1 ="-
			stringify(.environment~theco.strings.1)-
		)
		.environment~theco.strings.1 ||= insert

		if .environment~theco.exec then
			self~process(.environment~theco.strings.1,-
				     insert~length)
		return self~name

	::method initial abstract
	::method process abstract
	::method done abstract

/*
 * Super class for states accepting Q-Register specifications
 */
::class StateExpectQReg subclass State
	::method INIT
		forward class (super)

	::method save
		use arg reg

		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.registers['"reg~name"']~integer ="-
			reg~integer-
		)

	::method custom
		use arg key

		reg = .environment~theco.registers[key~upper]
		if reg = .nil then return ""

		return self~got_register(reg)

	::method got_register abstract

::class StateStart subclass State
	::method INIT
		forward array ("start") class (super)

	::method move
		use arg n

		.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('clocate :'column.1()),
				       ~~push_cmd('locate :'line.1())

		/* FIXME: do this in less commands */
		if n > 0 then
			do n
				'cursor cua right'
			end
		else
			do -n
				'cursor cua left'
			end

	::method move_lines
		use arg n

		.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('clocate :'column.1()),
				       ~~push_cmd('locate' (-n))
		'locate' n
		'clocate :1'

	::method custom
		use arg key

		key = key~upper
		select
		/*
		 * <CTRL/x> commands implemented in `ctlcmd` state
		 */
		when key~c2d < 32 then do
			return .environment~theco.states["ctlcmd"],
					   ~get_next_state(ctlecho(key))
		end
		/*
		 * arithmetics
		 */
		when key~matchchar(1, "0123456789") then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~add_digit(key)
		end
		when key~matchchar(1, "/*+&#") then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~push_op_calc(key)
		end
		when key == "-" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			if .environment~theco.stack~args = 0 |,
			   .environment~theco.stack~nums~peek == "" then do
				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.stack~num_sign ="-
					.environment~theco.stack~num_sign-
				)
				.environment~theco.stack~num_sign *= -1
			end
			else
				.environment~theco.stack~push_op_calc("-")
		end
		when key == "(" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			if .environment~theco.stack~num_sign < 0 then
				.environment~theco.stack,
					~~push_num(-1)~push_op_calc("*")
			.environment~theco.stack~push_op("(")
		end
		when key == ")" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~eval(.true)
		end
		when key == "," then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~~eval~push_num("")
		end
		when key == "." then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~~eval~push_num(get_dot())
		end
		when key == "Z" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~~eval~push_num(get_size())
		end
		when key == "H" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.stack~~eval,
					~~push_num(0)~push_num(get_size())
		end
		/*
		 * control structures (loops)
		 */
		when key == "<" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then do
				.environment~theco.nest_level += 1
				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.nest_level -= 1"-
				)
				return self~name
			end

			if .environment~theco.stack~~eval~args = 0 then
				/* infinite loop */
				.environment~theco.stack~push_num(-1)

			if .environment~theco.stack~nums~peek = 0 then do
				.environment~theco.stack~pop_num

				/* skip up to end of loop (parse without exec) */
				.environment~theco.exec = .false
				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
				)
			end
			else
				.environment~theco.stack,
					~~push_num(.environment~theco.pc),
					~~push_op("<")
		end
		when key == ">" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then do
				if .environment~theco.nest_level = 0 then do
					.environment~theco.exec = .true
					.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
						".environment~theco.exec ="-
						".false"-
					)
				end
				else do
					.environment~theco.nest_level -= 1
					.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
						".environment~theco.nest_level"-
						"+= 1"-
					)
				end

				return self~name
			end

			.environment~theco.stack~~discard_args~pop_op /* "<" */
			loop_pc = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num
			loop_cnt = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num

			if loop_cnt \= 1 then do
				/* repeat loop */
				if loop_cnt > 0 then loop_cnt -= 1
				.environment~theco.pc = loop_pc
				.environment~theco.stack,
						~~push_num(loop_cnt),
						~~push_num(loop_pc),
						~~push_op("<")
			end
		end
		when key == ";" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			search = .environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer
			v = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc(1, search)
			if .State~eval_colon then v = complement(v)

			if v >= 0 then do
				.environment~theco.stack,
						~~discard_args,
						~~pop_op~~pop_num~~pop_num

				/* skip up to end of loop (parse without exec) */
				.environment~theco.exec = .false
				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
				)
			end
		end
		/*
		 * control structures (conditionals)
		 */
		when key == "|" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then do
				if \.environment~theco.skip_else &,
				   .environment~theco.nest_level = 0 then do
					.environment~theco.exec = .true
					.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
						".environment~theco.exec ="-
						".false"-
					)
				end

				return self~name
			end

			/*
			 * skip up to end of conditional; skip ELSE-part
			 * (parse without exec)
			 */
			.environment~theco.exec = .false
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
			)
		end
		when key == "'" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then do
				if .environment~theco.nest_level = 0 then do
					.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
						".environment~theco.exec ="-
						".false"-
					)~~push(-
						".environment~theco.skip_else ="-
						.environment~theco.skip_else-
					)
					.environment~theco.exec = .true
					.environment~theco.skip_else = .false
				end
				else do
					.environment~theco.nest_level -= 1
					.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
						".environment~theco.nest_level"-
						"+= 1"-
					)
				end

				return self~name
			end
		end
		/*
		 * modifiers
		 */
		when key == "@" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.modidifiers.at ="-
				.environment~theco.modidifiers.at-
			)
			.environment~theco.modifiers.at = .true
		end
		when key == ":" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.modidifiers.colon ="-
				.environment~theco.modidifiers.colon-
			)
			.environment~theco.modifiers.colon = .true
		end
		/*
		 * commands
		 */
		when key == "J" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('clocate :'column.1()),
					       ~~push_cmd('locate :'line.1())
			call set_dot .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc(1, 0)
		end
		when key == "C" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			self~move(.environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc)
		end
		when key == "R" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			self~move(-.environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc)
		end
		when key == "L" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			self~move_lines(.environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc)
		end
		when key == "B" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			self~move_lines(-.environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc)
		end
		when key == "=" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			'msg' .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
		end
		when key == "D" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return self~name

			v1 = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
			if .environment~theco.stack~args = 0 then do
				/* relative character range */
				if v1 > 0 then do
					from = get_dot()
					to = from + v1
				end
				else do
					to = get_dot()
					from = to + v1
				end
			end
			else do
				/* absolute character range */
				from  = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
				to = v1
			end

			eol_len = get_eol()~length

			call set_dot from
			dot = from

			col = column.1()
			do forever
				line = curline.3()
				size = min(to - dot, line~length - col + 1)
				line = line~substr(col, size)

				if line~length > 0 then do
					/* THE bug: Undo insert does not work properly! */
					.environment~theco.undo,
						~~push_cmd('cinsert' line)
					'cdelete' line~length
				end

				dot += line~length
				if dot >= to then leave
				dot += eol_len

				'join cursor'
				.environment~theco.undo,
						~~push_cmd('split cursor')
			end
		end
		otherwise
			return ""
		end

		return self~name

::class StateLabel subclass State
	::method INIT
		forward array ("label") class (super)

	::method custom
		use arg key

		select
		when key == "!" then do
			label = .environment~theco.strings.1
			escaped = stringify(label)

			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.goto_table["escaped"] ="-
				sor(.environment~theco.goto_table[label], ".nil")-
			)~~push(".environment~theco.strings.1 =" escaped)
			.environment~theco.goto_table[label] =,
							.environment~theco.pc
			.environment~theco.strings.1 = ""

			if .environment~theco.skip_label == label then do
				.environment~theco.skip_label = .nil
				.environment~theco.exec = .true

				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.skip_label ="-
					stringify(label)-
				)~~push(".environment~theco.exec = .false")
			end

			return "start"
		end
		otherwise
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.strings.1 ="-
				stringify(.environment~theco.strings.1)-
			)
			.environment~theco.strings.1 ||= key
			return self~name
		end

::class StateCtlCmd subclass State
	::method INIT
		forward array ("ctlcmd") class (super)

	::method custom
		use arg key

		key = key~upper
		select
		when key == "O" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			.environment~theco.stack~set_radix(8)
		end
		when key == "D" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			.environment~theco.stack~set_radix(10)
		end
		when key == "R" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			if .environment~theco.stack~~eval~args = 0 then
				.environment~theco.stack~push_num(-
					.environment~theco.stack~radix-
				)
			else
				.environment~theco.stack~set_radix(-
					.environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc-
				)
		end
		/*
		 * Alternatives: ^i, ^I, <CTRL/I>, <TAB>
		 */
		when key == "I" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "cmd_insert"

			.environment~theco.stack~~eval~push_num(9)
			return "cmd_insert"
		end
		/*
		 * Alternatives: ^[, <CTRL/[> (cannot be typed), <ESC>
		 */
		when key == "[" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			.environment~theco.stack~discard_args

			/*
			 * Does not allow the caret-escape form;
			 * must be typed with two consequtive <ESC>
			 */
			if .environment~theco.cmdline~right(2) == '1B 1B'x then do
				if .environment~theco.quit_requested then
				do nbfile.1()
					'qquit'
				end
				.environment~theco.cmdline = ""
				.environment~theco.undo~empty
			end
		end
		/*
		 * Additional numeric operations
		 */
		when key == "_" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			v = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
			.environment~theco.stack~push_num(complement(v))
		end
		when key~matchchar(1, "*/") then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			.environment~theco.stack~push_op_calc("^"key)
		end
		otherwise
			return ""
		end

		return "start"

::class StateCtlUCmd subclass StateExpectQReg
	::method INIT
		forward array ("ctlucmd") class (super)

	::method got_register
		use arg reg

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "cmd_ctlu"

		.environment~theco.reg_arg = reg
		return "cmd_ctlu"

::class StateCmdCtlU subclass StateExpectString
	::method INIT
		forward array ("cmd_ctlu") class (super)

	::method initial
		/* nothing to be done */

	::method process
		/* nothing to be done */

	::method done
		use arg str

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		.environment~theco.reg_arg~string = str
		return "start"

::class StateFCmd subclass State
	::method INIT
		forward array ("fcmd") class (super)

	::method custom
		use arg key

		select
		/*
		 * loop flow control
		 */
		when key == "<" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			/* FIXME: what if in brackets? */
			/* FIXME: what if not in loop -> set PC to 1 */
			.environment~theco.stack~~discard_args~pop_op /* "<" */

			/* repeat loop */
			/* FIXME: peeking the program counter would be sufficient */
			.environment~theco.pc = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num
			.environment~theco.stack,
					~~push_num(.environment~theco.pc),
					~~push_op("<")
		end
		when key == ">" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			/* FIXME: what if in brackets? */
			.environment~theco.stack~~discard_args~pop_op /* "<" */
			loop_pc = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num
			loop_cnt = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num

			if loop_cnt > 1 then do
				/* repeat loop */
				.environment~theco.pc = loop_pc
				.environment~theco.stack,
						~~push_num(loop_cnt-1),
						~~push_num(loop_pc),
						~~push_op("<")
			end
			else do
				/* skip up to end of loop (parse without exec) */
				.environment~theco.exec = .false
				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
				)
			end
		end
		/*
		 * conditional flow control
		 */
		when key == "'" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			/*
			 * skip to end of conditional (parse without exec)
			 */
			.environment~theco.exec = .false
			.environment~theco.skip_else = .true
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
			)~~push(".environment~theco.skip_else = .false")
		end
		when key == "|" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			/*
			 * skip to ELSE-part or end of conditional
			 * (parse without exec)
			 */
			.environment~theco.exec = .false
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
			)
		end
		otherwise
			return ""
		end

		return "start"

::class ConditionalTests
	::method "A"
		return self~"V"(arg(1)) | self~"W"(arg(1))
	::method "C"
		/* FIXME */
		return self~"R"(arg(1))
	::method "D"
		return arg(1) >= "0"~c2d & arg(1) <= "9"~c2d
	::method "E"
		return arg(1) = 0
	::method "F"
		forward message "E"
	::method "G"
		return arg(1) > 0
	::method "L"
		return arg(1) < 0
	::method "N"
		return arg(1) \= 0
	::method "R"
		return self~"A"(arg(1)) | self~"D"(arg(1))
	::method "S"
		forward message "L"
	::method "T"
		forward message "L"
	::method "U"
		forward message "E"
	::method "V"
		return arg(1) >= "a"~c2d & arg(1) <= "z"~c2d
	::method "W"
		return arg(1) >= "A"~c2d & arg(1) <= "Z"~c2d
	::method "<"
		forward message "L"
	::method ">"
		forward message "G"
	::method "="
		forward message "E"

::class StateCondCmd subclass State
	::attribute tests

	::method INIT
		self~tests = .ConditionalTests~new

		forward array ("condcmd") class (super)

	::method custom
		use arg key

		if \self~tests~hasMethod(key) then return ""

		if \.environment~theco.exec then do
			.environment~theco.nest_level += 1
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.nest_level -= 1"-
			)
			return "start"
		end

		v = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
		if \self~tests~send(key, v) then do
			/*
			 * skip to ELSE-part or end of conditional
			 * (parse without exec)
			 */
			.environment~theco.exec = .false
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.exec = .true"-
			)
		end

		return "start"

::class StateCmdGoto subclass StateExpectString
	::method INIT
		forward array ("cmd_goto") class (super)

	::method initial
		/* nothing to be done */

	::method process
		/* nothing to be done */

	::method done
		use arg str

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		labels = tokenize(str, ",")
		label = labels[.environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc]

		if label \= .nil, label \== "" then do
			pc = .environment~theco.goto_table[label]

			if pc \= .nil then
				.environment~theco.pc = pc
			else do
				.environment~theco.skip_label = label
				/* skip till label is defined */
				.environment~theco.exec = .false
				.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
					".environment~theco.skip_label = .nil"-
				)~~push(".environment~theco.exec = .true")
			end
		end

		return "start"

::class StateQCmd subclass StateExpectQReg
	::method INIT
		forward array ("qcmd") class (super)

	::method got_register
		use arg reg

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		.environment~theco.stack~~eval~push_num(reg~integer)
		return "start"

::class StateUCmd subclass StateExpectQReg
	::method INIT
		forward array ("ucmd") class (super)

	::method got_register
		use arg reg

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		self~save(reg)
		reg~integer = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
		return "start"

::class StateIncCmd subclass StateExpectQReg
	::method INIT
		forward array ("inccmd") class (super)

	::method got_register
		use arg reg

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		self~save(reg)
		reg~integer += .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
		.environment~theco.stack~push_num(reg~integer)
		return "start"

::class StateMCmd subclass StateExpectQReg
	::method INIT
		forward array ("mcmd") class (super)

	::method got_register
		use arg reg

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		pc = .environment~theco.pc
		.environment~theco.pc = 0
		.environment~theco.state = .environment~theco.states["start"]

		if \execute(reg~string) then return ""

		.environment~theco.pc = pc

		return "start"

::class StateECmd subclass State
	::method INIT
		forward array ("ecmd") class (super)

	::method custom
		use arg key

		key = key~upper
		select
		when key == "X" then do
			if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

			.environment~theco.quit_requested = .true
			return "start"
		end
		otherwise
			return ""
		end

::class StateCmdFile subclass StateExpectString
	::method INIT
		forward array ("cmd_file") class (super)

	::method do_edit
		use arg filename

		file_cnt = nbfile.1()
		old_file = efileid.1()
		'edit' filename
		if nbfile.1() > file_cnt then
			/* file is new in ring */
			.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('qquit')
		else
			.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('edit' old_file)

		select
		when size.1() = 0 then 'add'
		when tof() then 'locate 1'
		otherwise
		end

	::method initial
		/* nothing to be done */

	::method process
		/* nothing to be done */

	::method done
		use arg filename

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		/* FIXME: match-spec error */
		if SysFileTree(filename, "matching.", "FO") \= 0 then
			return ""

		if matching.0 = 0 then
			/* no match-spec or non-existing file */
			self~do_edit(filename)
		else
			do i = 1 to matching.0
				self~do_edit(matching.i)
			end

		return "start"

/*
 * TODO: expect filename to read into Q-register
 */
::class StateEQCmd subclass StateExpectQReg
	::method INIT
		forward array ("eqcmd") class (super)

	::method got_register
		use arg reg

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		reg~edit()
		return "start"

::class StateCmdInsert subclass StateExpectString
	::method INIT
		forward array ("cmd_insert") class (super)

	::method do_insert
		use arg key

		if key == "" then return

		select
		when key == '0D'x | key == '0A'x then do
			'split cursor'
			'next'
			'clocate :1'
			.environment~theco.undo,
				~~push_cmd('join cursor'),
				~~push_cmd('sos endchar'),
				~~push_cmd('up')
		end
		when key == '09'x, tabkey.2() == "TAB" then do
			/* NOTE: sos tabf in insertmode currently broken on THE v3.3 RC1!? */
			.environment~theco.undo,
					~~push_cmd('clocate :'column.1()),
					~~push_cmd('sos tabb')
			'sos tabf'
		end
		otherwise
			'cinsert' key
			'clocate 1'
			.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('sos cuadelback')
		end

	::method initial
		/*
		 * NOTE: cannot support VideoTECO's <n>I because
		 * beginning and end of strings must be determined
		 * syntactically
		 */
		do i = .environment~theco.stack~~eval~args to 1 by -1
			char = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc(i)
			self~do_insert(char~d2c)
		end

	::method process
		use arg str, new_chars

		do i = new_chars-1 to 0 by -1
			self~do_insert(str~subchar(str~length - i))
		end

	::method done
		/* nothing to be done when done */
		return "start"

::class StateCmdSearch subclass StateExpectString
	::attribute initial_dot

	::attribute from
	::attribute to
	::attribute count

	::method INIT
		forward array ("cmd_search") class (super)

	::method initial
		self~initial_dot = get_dot()

		v = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
		if .environment~theco.stack~args > 0 then do
			self~from = .environment~theco.stack~pop_num_calc
			self~to = v
			self~count = 1
		end
		else do
			self~from = self~initial_dot
			self~to = get_size()
			self~count = v
		end

	::method process
		use arg str

		cre = ReComp(pattern2regexp(str), "x")
		if cre~left(1) then do
			.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
				".environment~theco.registers['_']~integer ="-
				.environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer-
			)
			.environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer = 0 /* failure */

			call ReFree cre
			return
		end

		buffer = get_buffer(self~from, self~to)~toString("l", get_eol())

		offset = 1
		do self~count,
		   while ReExec(cre, buffer~substr(offset), "matches.", "p")
			offset += matches.!match~word(1) - 1	/* offset */
			offset += matches.!match~word(2)	/* length */
		end

		call ReFree cre

		.environment~theco.undo~~push_cmd('clocate :'column.1()),
				       ~~push_cmd('locate :'line.1())

		.environment~theco.undo~~push(-
			".environment~theco.registers['_']~integer ="-
			.environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer-
		)
		if matches.!match~word(2) = 0 then do
			call set_dot self~initial_dot
			.environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer = 0 /* failure */
		end
		else do
			call set_dot self~from+offset-1
			.environment~theco.registers["_"]~integer = -1 /* success */
		end

	::method done
		use arg str

		if \.environment~theco.exec then return "start"

		search_reg = .environment~theco.registers["_"]
		if str == "" then
			self~process(search_reg~string)
		else
			search_reg~string = str

		return "start"

/*
 * auxilliary stuff
 */
::routine sor
	use arg obj, val

	select
	when obj = .nil then return val
	when obj == "" then return val
	otherwise
		return obj
	end

::routine isor
	use arg obj, val

	if obj = 0 then return val
	return obj

/*
 * Ones complement (binary NOT), may be used to negate TECO boolean values
 * (x < 0 and x >= 0)
 */
::routine complement
	return -arg(1) - 1

::routine last_match
	use arg str, chars

	do i = str~length to 1 by -1
	   if str~matchchar(i, chars) then return i
	end
	return 0

::routine tokenize
	use arg str, delims

	tokens = .Array~new

	start = 1
	do i = 1 to str~length
		if str~matchchar(i, delims) then do
			tokens~append(str~substr(start, i - start))
			start = i + 1
		end
	end
	tokens~append(str~substr(start, i - start))

	return tokens

::routine stringify
	return "'"arg(1)~changeStr("'", "''")"'"

::routine ctlecho
	return arg(1)~bitOr('40'x)

::routine is_matchspec
	use arg spec

	/* FIXME: glob rules - different on Windows!? */
	do i = 1 to spec~length
		if spec~matchchar(i, "?*[") then return .true
	end
	return .false

::routine get_path_sep
	os = version.3()

	if os == "OS2" | os == "WIN32" then return "\"
	return "/"

::routine get_real_filename
	use arg file

	name = filespec("name", file~word(5))
	if file~word(4)~caselessPos("D") \= 0 then
		return name || get_path_sep()
	return name

::routine get_eol
	eol = eolout.1()

	select
	when eol == "LF" then return '0A'x
	when eol == "CR" then return '0D'x
	when eol == "CRLF" then return '0D 0A'x
	end

::routine get_dot
	old_line = line.1()
	eol_len = get_eol()~length

	dot = 0
	do l = 1 to old_line-1
		'up'
		/* FIXME: for some reason length.1() always returns 19 */
		dot += curline.3()~length + eol_len
	end
	'locate :'old_line

	return dot + column.1() - 1

::routine get_size
	line = line.1()
	column = column.1()
	'locate :'size.1()
	'sos endchar'

	size = get_dot()

	'locate :'line
	'clocate :'column

	return size

::routine set_dot
	use arg dot

	eol_len = get_eol()~length
	'locate :1'
	'clocate :1'

	do forever
		/* FIXME: for some reason length.1() always returns 19 */
		line_length = curline.3()~length + eol_len
		if dot < line_length then leave

		dot -= line_length
		'next'
	end
	'clocate' dot

::routine get_buffer
	use arg from=0, to=(get_size())

	eol_len = get_eol()~length
	old_line = line.1()
	old_column = column.1()

	call set_dot from
	dot = from

	/*
	 * THE bug workaround: sometimes necessary to fixup curline.3()
	 */
	'next'
	'up'

	buffer = .Array~new
	do forever
		col = column.1()
		line = curline.3()
		line = line~substr(col, min(to - dot, line~length - col + 1))
		buffer~append(line)

		dot += line~length
		if dot >= to then leave
		dot += eol_len

		'next'
		'clocate :1'
	end

	'locate :'old_line
	'clocate :'old_column
	return buffer

::routine regexp_escape
	use arg char

	if char~matchchar(1, ".[](){}^$*+?|\") then return "\"char
	return char

::routine pattern2regexp
	use arg pattern

	re = ""
	state = "start"

	do i = 1 to pattern~length
		c = pattern~subchar(i)

		select
		when state == "start" then do
			if c~c2d >= 32 then do
				re ||= regexp_escape(c)
				iterate i
			end
			echo = ctlecho(c)

			select
			when echo == "X" then re ||= "."
			when echo == "S" then re ||= "[^[:alnum:]]"
			when echo == "N" then state = "not"
			when echo == "E" then state = "ctle"
			otherwise
				/* control characters never have to be escaped */
				re ||= c
			end
		end
		when state == "not" then do
			if c~matchchar(1, "[]-\") then c = "\"c
			re ||= "[^"c"]"

			state = "start"
		end
		when state == "ctle" then do
			c = c~upper

			select
			when c == "A" then re ||= "[[:alpha:]]"
			when c == "B" then re ||= "[^[:alnum:]]"
			when c == "C" then re ||= "[[:alnum:].$]"
			when c == "D" then re ||= "[[:digit:]]"
			/* when c == "G" then */
			when c == "L" then re ||= "[\r\n\v\f]"
			/* when c == "M" then */
			when c == "R" then re ||= "[[:alnum:]]"
			when c == "S" then re ||= "[[:blank:]]+"
			when c == "V" then re ||= "[[:lower:]]"
			when c == "W" then re ||= "[[:upper:]]"
			when c == "X" then re ||= "."
			/* when ^E<nnn> */
			when c == "[" then re ||= "("
			otherwise
				return ""
			end

			state = "start"
		end
		end
	end

	return re

/*
 * External routines (classic Rexx function packages)
 */
::routine ReLoadFuncs external "REGISTERED rexxre reloadfuncs"