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AEDIT-86User's Guide Macro Commands

These macros can be defined interactively using the MACRO Create command. For example. the first macro can be created by entering the following commands:

~ACRO) I<reate

Macro name:

l ET) I.eftcol

(to terminate macro deJfinliticm

After you define these macros, typing a right square bracket (]) at main command level or <MEXEC ) ] in INSERT or XCHANGE mode sets Leftcol one position to the right of its current setting; typing a left square bracket (]) at main command level or <MEXEC ) [ in INSERT or XCHANGE mode sets Leftcol one position to the left of its current setting.

5.10.2 Example 2

The folJowing single-character macros, named dot (.) and comma (,) find the next occurrence of the target string, or find the previous occurrence of the target string, respectively.

M. \BRf \BR \MM

M, \BR- \BR \MM

These macros can be defined interactively using the MACRO Create command. For example, the first macro could be created as follows:

IACRO) I<reate

Macro name:

I IND _

(to termmate the macro definition)

After you define these macros, typing a dot (.) at main command level or <MEXEC) followed by a dot in INSERT or XCHANGE modes finds the next occurrence of the target string; typing a comma (,) at main command or <MEXEC ) followed by a comma in INSERT or XCHANGE modes, finds the previous occur- rence of the target string.

5.10.3 Example 3

It is often desirable to use visual breakpoints in programs. For example, you can use comment lines filled with hyphens to separate procedures in a language. The follow- ing macro creates a break line:

M® \ BRI(* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *) \ NL \ BR \ MM

You can create this macro interactively with the following commands:

After you define this macro, typing @ at main command level, or <M EXEC) @ in INSERT or XCHANGE mode inserts the break line at the current cursor position in text.

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