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Scripts are now simple text files that are dropped into the Scripts folder. The format is straight forward. A remark starts and ends with xml remark tags. A remark can contain anything except a double dash or an end remark tag.

A menu script starts and ends with xml menu tags.

Assemble your menus and items with plus signs. And before you ask, the answer is, "Yes." A script menu can call another menu item. In other words a script can call another script by name. The following script calls the File menu Open item.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII" standalone="yes"?><menu>File+Open</menu>

Printing is just as easy. Anything between printing tags is sent to the editor window. This includes spaces, quotations, carriage returns, and the smell that boiled eggs give off when you peel them.

<print>// This is a test of the print script

print "blank lines are allowed and carriage returns are no problem."

dim x as longx = 3x += 1</print>

But the biggest improvement in scripts has to be the new found tempo. Scripts now execute with blazing speed. You won't believe the difference!