Improve 1996/westley/try scripts

1996/westley/try.alt.sh

@@ -15,13 +15,22 @@ make CC="$CC" everything >/dev/null || exit 1
 # clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
 clear
 
-echo "Showing alt grandfather clock:" 1>&2
+echo "WARNING: this is likely to segfault after showing the output." 1>&2
+echo "It might also show one or more environmental variables. Use" 1>&2
+echo "try.sh if you want to see the fixed version." 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show alt grandfather clock: "
+echo 1>&2
 WESTLEY=./westley.alt ./clock1.sh
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: " 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
 
-echo "Showing alt mantle clock that runs backwards:" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show alt mantle clock that runs backwards: "
+echo 1>&2
 WESTLEY=./westley.alt ./clock2.sh
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: " 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
 
-echo "Showing alt linear style clock:" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show alt linear style clock: "
+echo 1>&2
 WESTLEY=./westley.alt ./clock3.sh
+echo 1>&2

1996/westley/try.sh

@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ make CC="$CC" everything >/dev/null || exit 1
 # clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
 clear
 
-echo "Showing grandfather clock:" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show grandfather clock: "
+echo 1>&2
 WESTLEY=./westley ./clock1.sh
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: " 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
 
-echo "Showing mantle clock that runs backwards:" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show alt mantle clock that runs backwards: "
+echo 1>&2
 WESTLEY=./westley ./clock2.sh
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: " 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
 
-echo "Showing linear style clock:" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show alt linear style clock: "
+echo 1>&2
 WESTLEY=./westley ./clock3.sh
+echo 1>&2

thanks-for-help.md

@@ -2213,14 +2213,11 @@ when reading the author's comments. To see how to use the original, see the
 README.md file.
 
 Cody also added the two scripts, [try.sh](/1996/westley/try.sh) and
-[try.alt.sh](/1996/westley/try.alt.sh) to show automate showing the different
+[try.alt.sh](/1996/westley/try.alt.sh) to automate showing the different
 clocks, both with the fixed version and the original (alt) version.
 
 Also, to fix any potential problem with displaying in GitHub the scripts
-provided by the author, Cody added '.sh'.
-
-Later Cody made the entry look more like the original, removing the `argc` in
-`main()` (K&R style functions).
+provided by the author, Cody added '.sh' to the `clock[1-3].sh` scripts.
 
 
 # <a name="1998"></a>1998