shilling for my feature request [1926]

[jbv]

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> There are some advantages, since "offset" already exists and so
> "offsets" leverages off developer knowledge of that function. The
> syntax is also cleaner than the existing "offset" syntax, which has
> been a rough spot ever since HyperTalk 1.0, so making the obvious
> extension to the offset function might not be a bad idea. This could
> also be extended to word offsets, item offsets, and line offsets
> matching the current "offset" function variants.
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Another interesting extension would be to combine various offsets,
for instance to be able with 1 single command to get the lineoffset
and itemoffset of an element inside a variable containing multiple
lines with multiple items in each...

JB