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AEDIT-86 User's Guide Macro Commands

Macro files are described later in this chapter.

The new macro definitions are added to the current set of available macros. If a macro in the new set has the same name as a macro already available, the new macro overrides the previous one. Configuration commands and SET commands are executed.

Press G; AEDIT-86 prompts-

----<HOME) to re-edit t-lecro file:

The name of the last macro file read (if any) is displayed to the right of the colon. Edit the macro filename, if required, then press <RETURN) .

You may insert an empty string as a filename by typing M(ACRO) G(et) <RETURN) to instruct AEDIT-86 to ""get" the present text buffer as a macro file.

When AEDIT-86 is invoked, the editor processes the initial macro file. The name of this file is taken from the macro control or, if this control is not specified, AEDIT- 86 changes the invocation file extension to <root) .MAC and processes it automat- ically. This means that you do not have to get the default macro file to execute the macros in it. However, you must get any other macro file before its macros are avail- able for execution.

Error. Any of the errors listed in Section B.4 may be issued during a MACRO Get. The error is displayed, the area causing the error is skipped, and processing continues.

Related Commands. The invocation controls MACRO, MACROSIZE

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The Insert subcommand causes all subsequent input, including function keys (e.g., <ESC) <RUBOUT) ) to be inserted in the text in macro form and not executed. It is used to change and correct macro files. For example, if you press <UP) in MACRO Insert, the character sequence \CU i$ inserted in the text. The macro definition may then be saved in a macro file. This command is terminated only by typing <CTRL-C ) .

Press I; AEDIT-86 prompts-

Control C to stop

In MACRO Insert, all keys are entered as is (e.g., F(lND) is entered as F). Thus, keys such as <HEX) or <ESC) do not perform a function but are inserted as their macro codes. The following are exceptions:

•When <RETURN) is typed, it is not converted to \NL because the carriage

return is used to break macro definitions into more readable lines. Therefore, you must type \NL if <RETURN) is required in the definition.

•If the backslash is not a lead-in character, it must be entered twice (\ \). However,

the backslash is not doubled when it is typed, which enables you to type \MM to terminate the macro or \NL for <RETURN) .

Type <CTRL-C) to terminate MACRO Insert mode.

Example. The following macro defines <CTRL-L) to mean jump to start of line. (Remember that what you type does not execute but is inserted in macro form.)

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