becho

The becho command prints a line of text to standard output, as echo does.

Syntax

becho <text>

text is the rest of the line, exactly as written, comment markers included.

What it does

James prints the text and a newline to standard output, as echo does. The name comes from a command that also rang the terminal bell; James never sends a bell character.

When James applies it

When it is read. It is legal in any phase: Control, Part or Merge.

Rules James adds

James drops the beep entirely.
The text is raw and printed in full, as for echo.

Diagnostics

None: James raises no diagnostic for becho.

Example

The script tests/corpus/110-session-commands-inert/input.tg, which make test runs:

errmod 0
echo hello world
becho beep and text
caption cap Test Caption
block 1 2;1 2;1 2;0 1;0 1;0 1;
endpart

The becho on line 3 prints beep and text on standard output, with no bell. The echo on line 2 prints hello world first.