Re: Problem with setting multiple alias with version 2.16

The help for the alias command has a subtle example showing how to
define an alias for multiple commands. All you need do is wrap the two
or more commands with double-quotes.

> alias st "clear all ; attach 8899"

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On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:42, William Lee wrote:
> I've recently moved up to version 2.16 from the 1.x series of jswat.  I 
> can't seem to define a macro anymore.  Essentially, I can't get an alias 
> to map to multiple commands.  For example, I tried in the my jswatrc:
> 
> alias st clear all ; attach 8899
> 
> When I start up jswat and do an "alias st", I only got "clear all".  It 
> seems like it's getting only the first argument.
> 
> What's the right syntax to define a macro now?