[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0014444]: M() Docs

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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=14444 
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Reported By:                ewieling
Assigned To:                blitzrage
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   14444
Category:                   Applications/app_dial
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   text
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     acknowledged
Asterisk Version:           1.6.0.5 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-02-09 17:11 CST
Last Modified:              2009-02-12 19:46 CST
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Summary:                    M() Docs
Description: 
(5:08:00 PM) ManxPower: Documentation suggestion:  In the docs for Dial,
them M() option, it would be helpful to mention that if the callee presses
ANY DTMF, the caller will be connected and nothing in the macro will
process the DTMF (like trying to get an extension)
(5:08:14 PM) ManxPower: It would help people avoid wasted hours like the
one I just had.
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 (0100079) putnopvut (administrator) - 2009-02-12 19:46
 http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=14444#c100079 
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The description here is a bit off.

The actual problem is that using the application WaitExten inside a macro
will not work properly. It is not restricted to just using the 'M' option
from Dial, although the reasons for the failure are different in the two
cases. In the case of calling a macro from the dialplan, the WaitExten will
eventually time out. If using the M option for Dial, then the problem is
exactly as ewieling has pointed out.

Furthermore, DTMF presses can be captured properly using the Read
application from within a macro (including when the 'M' option to Dial is
used). It seems like the proper documentation change is to add
documentation to WaitExten and to Macro to alert users that those apps do
not mesh well.

A "see also" note can also be added for the 'M' option in Dial and the
'macro' parameter of Queue so that users may be directed to this
information. 

Issue History 
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2009-02-12 19:46 putnopvut      Note Added: 0100079                          
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