How does a command find out who called it?

[Pete]

Yeah, I guess the question was does 'dispatch "xyz" to the target' equate
to 'send "xyz" to the target', or send "xyz" to the target in 0 seconds'.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> The following does (almost?) the same as dispatch:
>
> try
>  send "bla" to me"
> end try
>
> and now you could add the "in 0 secs" if you want.
>
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> On 1 feb 2012, at 23:59, Pete wrote:
>
> > This is fascinating stuff.  I always wondered about the logic of sending
> > something in zero seconds, now I know.
> >
> > I hate to complicate things even more but how does dispatch work in this
> > regard?  I've always thought of it as a replacement for send with a nicer
> > syntax, but it doesn't have an "in time" clause, so.....
> >
> > Pete
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