+ my $self = shift;
+ my $cmdline = shift;
+ my @ans;
+
+ # remove leading and trailing spaces
+ $cmdline =~ s/^\s*(.*)\s*$/$1/;
+
+ if ($self->{func}) {
+ my $c = qq{ \@ans = $self->{func}(\$self, \$cmdline) };
+ dbg('eval', "stored func cmd = $c\n");
+ eval $c;
+ if ($@) {
+ return (1, "Syserr: Eval err $errstr on stored func $self->{func}");
+ }
+ } elsif ($self->{state} eq 'prompt') {
+ @ans = run_cmd($self, $cmdline) if length $cmdline;
+
+ if ($self->{pagelth} && @ans > $self->{pagelth}) {
+ my $i;
+ for ($i = $self->{pagelth}; $i-- > 0; ) {
+ my $line = shift @ans;
+ $line =~ s/\s+$//o; # why am having to do this?
+ $self->send($line);
+ }
+ $self->{pagedata} = \@ans;
+ $self->state('page');
+ $self->send($self->msg('page', scalar @ans));
+ } else {
+ for (@ans) {
+ s/\s+$//o; # why ?????????
+ $self->send($_);
+ }
+ }
+ } elsif ($self->{state} eq 'page') {
+ my $i = $self->{pagelth};
+ my $ref = $self->{pagedata};
+ my $tot = @$ref;
+
+ # abort if we get a line starting in with a
+ if ($cmdline =~ /^a/io) {
+ undef $ref;
+ $i = 0;
+ }
+
+ # send a tranche of data
+ while ($i-- > 0 && @$ref) {
+ my $line = shift @$ref;
+ $line =~ s/\s+$//o; # why am having to do this?
+ $self->send($line);
+ }