Intel AEDIT-86 manual Deleting Macros, List, Save

Macro Commands AEDIT-86 User's Guide

The following text is inserted into filename:

M\OOC\BR\CR\CL\CH\MM

MM terminates the macro definition (see also Section 5.3, uMacro Modes").

List

The List subcommand displays on the message line the names of all currently avail- able macros. If there are more macros available than can be listed on the message line, the message "hit space to continue" is displayed. Press the space bar to continue; any other character returns the editor to main command level.

Save

The Save subcommand translates an available macro to macro form and inserts the definition at the current position in the text. The macro may subsequently be modified or saved in a macro file. If you want to look at a macro definition, use MACRO Save to translate and display the macro, review it, and delete it (if desired).

Press S; AEDIT-86 prompts-

----<HOME) to re-edit Macro name:

The name of the last macro specified (for MACRO Create, MACRO Save or EXECUTE) is displayed to the right of the colon. Type a macro name followed by <ESC) or <RETURN) . If the macro exists, it is inserted in the text at the current cursor location in macro form.

You may use the following procedure to save a new, interactively created macro for future use:

1.Press 0 to enter the OTHER buffer.

2.Use the QUIT Init command to invoke your macro file.

3.Specify the macro filename when prompted.

4.Insert the macro in macro form using the MACRO Save command.

5.Update the modified macro file using the QUIT Update or QUIT Exit command.

5.2 Deleting Macros

To delete a macro from the set of available macros, use the MACRO Create command. Type the following:

IACRO) I<reate) ~acro name_<ESC)(CTRL-C)

where

is the name of the macro to be deleted.

This procedure does not delete a macro from a macro file. To delete from a macro file, you should edit the macro file like any other file, and use the delete commands.

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