SNOLIB(3)

💖 SNOLIB(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the CSNOBOL4 Manual page for snolib — yes that's the one, the SNOBOL4 library routines, and no I will not be normal about it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

snolib — SNOBOL4 library routines. that's it. that's the whole name. iconic.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

-INCLUDE 'filename.sno'

that's the whole vibe. you just -INCLUDE a file and boom, the routines are yours 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea: the following snobol4(1) library routines are all available for -INCLUDE. like, every single one. let's go 💖

• bq.sno — runs a program in a subprocess and captures all the output, basically the shell/Perl backquote construct but make it SNOBOL4. yes queen, we're grabbing that stdout.
• chars.sno — defines a variable for each non-printing character in the local character set. every invisible little guy gets a name 🫶
• dynamic.sno — functions to compile and link dynamically LOADable extensions. snobol4ffi(3) does similar stuff but at run time, so pick your fighter ✨
• ezio.sno — an alternative OPEN function, and the best part? no unit numbers needed. see snobol4ezio(3) for the whole story.
• fence.sno, not.sno — emulation of SPITBOL FENCE() and NOT() functions, and we owe this one to Peter-Arno Coppen. king behavior 👑
• host.sno — function codes for the HOST() function, see snobol4host(3).
• json.sno — functions to read/write a JSON subset, see snobol4json(3). yes bestie, SNOBOL4 does JSON, we stay versatile.
• serv.sno — example TCP server program. a little demo server just for you 🧚
• setup.sno — helper for building loadable modules, see snobol4setup(3).
• smtp.sno — example code to send mail via TCP/SMTP. send the email, bestie 💌
• snobol4+.sno — SNOBOL4+ emulation functions: ENVIRONMENT(), EXECUTE(), TELL(), SEEK(). four of them. all yours.
• spitbol.sno — SPITBOL I/O emulation functions (no unit numbers), specifically INPUT(), OUTPUT(), ENDFILE(), REWIND().
• stcl.sno — prototypes and values for EXPERIMENTAL SNOBOL4 Tcl/Tk routines, see snobol4tcl(3). experimental, so like, be mindful 🔥
• tcp.sno — TCP connection routines, and they're used by the URL library right below 👇
• url.sno, file.sno, ftp.sno, http.sno — Internet URL file reading support, for file, ftp and http URL's. all the schemes, no cap.
• utf.sno — experimental routines for handling UTF encoded (Unicode) data. again: experimental, so don't be shocked if it's giving chaos 🙈
• wrapper.sno — routines for creating C code wrappers for dynamically loading code.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

snobol4(1), snobol4base64(3), snobol4digest(3), snobol4dirs(3), snobol4ezio(3), snobol4ffi(3), snobol4fork(3), snobol4host(3), snobol4json(3), snobol4logic(3), snobol4ndbm(3), snobol4random(3), snobol4readline(3), snobol4setup(3), snobol4sprintf(3), snobol4sqlite3(3), snobol4stat(3), snobol4stcl(3), snobol4time(3), snobol4zlib(3).

go read them. all of them. do it for me 💜

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💫 AUTHOR 💫

Philip Budne Peter-Arno Coppen

absolute legends, we love them, we thank them 🌈

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💀 BUGS 💀

Each include file should have it's own man page!

that's not me saying that, that's the man page saying that. and honestly? valid. every single -INCLUDE file deserves main character energy and its own page, fr fr 😭

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and that's the whole page bestie, no notes ✨ this was CSNOBOL4B 2.3.1, dated March 31, 2022 — go forth and -INCLUDE responsibly 🎀💖