turn the ed wrapper into its own procedure

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2025-09-09 15:21:25 -07:00
parent 896be50c0a
commit 520a0c888f

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@@ -8,35 +8,12 @@
(or/c char-numeric? char-alphabetic? (curry char=? #\-))
(string->list call))))
;; get callsign, first thing passed by BPQ
(define call (read-line (current-input-port) 'any))
;; drop SSID
(set! call (first (string-split call "-")))
;; downcase callsign
(set! call (string-downcase call))
;; if the sysadmin has created a directory for that callsign, then
;; they are an authorized user.
(when (not (directory-exists? call))
(displayln "sorry, but you are not an authorized user of the PALPS system")
(displayln "visit https://gitea.farpn.net/w6vvn/palps for an explanation")
(flush-output)
(exit))
;; change to the authroized users directory
(current-directory call)
(printf "welcome ~a. now starting (r)ed, the standard text editor~n" call)
(flush-output)
;; unfortunately, we cannot just exec red and let it take over the
;; I/O. ed, being the standard text editor, only works with standard
;; line endings, \n. telnet and BPQ, however, use \r\n. \r\n upsets
;; ed, the standard text editor. so we need to wrap the input and
;; output ports ourselves in order to provide this translation.
(define (ed)
(match-define
(list stdout stdin pid stderr proc)
(process* "/usr/bin/red"
@@ -73,10 +50,4 @@
(close-input-port stdout)
(close-input-port stderr)
(proc 'kill)])))
(loop)
(displayln "goodbye")
(flush-output)
(exit)
(loop))