shift-cursor up move to top of current display window
shift-cursor down move to bottom of current display window
Delete delete next character
Help apropos
Keypad shift-. Delete next character
Keypad shift-0 Insert a space at the current cursor location
Keypad shift-1 Move to end of current buffer
Keypad shift-2 Move to next line
Keypad shift-3 Move down one page
Keypad shift-4 Move left one character
Keypad shift-6 Move right one character
Keypad shift-7 Move to top of buffer
Keypad shift-8 Move up one line
Keypad shift-9 Move up one page
ENTER Insert line
Getting help
AME has three useful help functions. The first, APROPOS, is
bound by default to the HELp key (as well as to the ESC ? key combination.)
This functon allows you to specify a string; AME searches through all the
command and variable names. If any of those names contain the string, it
is added to the list being built by AME. When the search is complete, AME
displays all the commands found (along with the current key bindings
for that function) in the popup buffer.
The second help function is bound to the ^X-? key combination,
and is called describekey. When the HELP key is pressed, AME will ask what
key to describe. You enter this normally, ie ESC X or ^XE , whatever
key or key combination you want. AME will display the command the key
is bound to, or let you know the key is unbound, and does nothing.
Even the regular alphanumeric keys are bound to a function (called
selfinsert).
The third help function is called describebindings. It will
produce a chart of all keys currently bound to commands other than
selfinsert) and the functions the keys are bound to. This chart will
be put in the popup buffer, and can be saved and printed for reference
if desired.
Customizing AME
AME is fully customizable. The menus are fully reprogrammable,
all the keys can be rebound, new commands added, and a number of
startup options are available.
Most of the general customization commands will be put in the
S:AME_PRO.AME file, which is automatically executed when AME starts.
This file will contain mode settings, function key definitions, menu
definitions, and so on, to make your copy of AME easier to use. (the
NOSTART keyword allows you to not execute the S:AME_PRO.AME file on
startup. The WITH keyword allows you to execute an additional file
after the AME_PRO.AME file is (or isn't) executed. AME looks in the
REXX: directory by default for its script files.
The files are (of course) Arexx script files; so they must
start with an Arexx command (/* */ ) and can be quite complex.
The bindkey command is used to assign or change what each key
does; for instance, the bindkey command sets the functions of the
function key. The following is an example of setting the unshifted
function keys.
The shifted function keys can also be set. (Their names are shift-F1
to shift-F10. Remember, you can always use the describekey command to
find out the name of any key).
The settings of the AME variables can be changed with the setprefs and
unsetprefs commands. For instance, to make Arexx go to the Shell
where AME was started, rather than to NIL: (the default), the
following command is used:
setprefs rxcom '*'
The menu commands can be used to change a couple of the default menu items, add a few extra menu items, or replace the entire default menus. The menutitle command is used to define a menu tile. The bar command is used to add a seperator bar. The item command is used to add another menu item. And the subitem command is used to add a subitem to a menu item.
Each of the menu commands take a menu slot number. If the menu slot number is -1, AME will append the menu to the current set of menus.
For instance, this adds additional
menus:
menutitle '-1 Dice'
item '-1 Dicehelp dcc:arexx/dicehelp.ame'
item '-1 Compile dcc:arexx/compile.ame E'
item '-1 "Next Error" scc:arexx/nexterror.ame N'
bar -1
item '-1 "Delete paragraph" deleteparagraph'
item '-1 "Justify paragraph" justifyparagraph
AME AREXX Support
AME has a full Arexx port, with the ability to execute both
Arexx commands and Arexx string files, and to execute commands
received through its Arexx port. All results from AME execution of
commands received through the port are returned through the Arexx RC
variable and the Arexx RESULT variable. OPTIONS RESULT should be
placed in any Arexx program talking to AME that expects to receive
results.
The AME result variable can grow to fit whatever output that AME wants
to pass back to the calling Arexx program.
AME uses ReadArgs internally to parse the arguments to its commands.
Because of this, it is best to surround arguments with the '" "'
combination if you have an argument containing spaces. You have two
goals: keep an argument with spaces as a single unit, and stop Arexx
from capitalizing everything. The '" combination effectively solves
both problems. The argument string keyword is -a and is a final
argument (/F). So you could also specify that name explicitly,
to avoid problems with ReadArgs removal of double quotes.
You can pass a numeric argument to one of the AME internal commands
by specifying it with the -n keyword.
The default stdio for Arexx programs started from AME is NIL: This can
be changed by changing the value of the internal AME variable RXCON.
You can change it to * or to something like CON:////REXX/AUTO .
Otherwise you will not see Arexx output that goes to stdio. Unsetting
this variable returns it to the default state of NIL:
The ADDRESS internal AME variable allows you to change the port name
that AME sends Arexx commands to. This portname is usually REXX.
However, you can change it to the port name of another Arexx capable
program, if you want the two programs to communicate directly.
Unsetting this variable returns it to the default state of REXX.
Remember, case is important for port names.
COMMAND SUMMARY
The following is a short summary of the commands and variables supported
by AME, and the default bindings for those functions. Some functions are
unbound, not assigned to any key. Most of these (with the exception of
the paragraph functions) are mainly for use by Arexx programs, however, they
can be bound to keys if you wish, or used in menus. Even if a command isn't
bound to a key it may still be invoked by using the 'cmdshell' command and
entering its name.
Command Name: setbookmark
Default Key: ^@ ESC--
Description: Puts the bookmark for this buffer at the current cursor location.
Command Name: movebol
Default Key: ^A
Description: Move the current cursor location to the beginning of the
current line.
Command Name: moveleft
Default Key: ^B
Description: Move the current cursor location back one character.
(End of line and tabs count each count as one character)
Command Name: quit
Default Key: ^C ESC-^C ^X-^C
Description: Check to see if there are any modified buffers. If there
are, give the user the option to not exit. Otherwise exit
AME. An argument given to this function indicates a
"FORCED" quit, and modified buffers will be ignored.
Command Name: delete
Default Key: ^D
Description: Delete the character under the cursor
Command Name: moveeol
Default Key: ^E
Description: Move the current cursor location to the end of the current line.
Command Name: moveright
Default Key: ^F
Description: Move the current cursor location forward one character.
(End of line and tabs count each count as one character)
Command Name: abort
Default Key: ^G ESC-^G
Description: Abort the current operation
Command Name: deleteprev
Default Key: ^H
Description: Delete the character to the left of the current cursor location.
Deleting a newline character will merge two lines.
Command Name: tab
Default Key: ^I
Description: Insert a tab character at the current cursor location.
Command Name: indent
Default Key: ^J
Description: Insert a newline, then on the next line, insert enough tabs
and spaces to move the cursor to the correct indentation level.
In CMODE this involves checking brace indentation.
Command Name: killline
Default Key: ^K
Description: Deletes characters from the current cursor location to the
end of the line. If the cursor is at the end of line,
the newline will be deleted. Characters deleted by the killine
command is placed in the kill buffer, and can be retrieved
by the yank command. Kills are cumulative; the first killline
clears the kill buffer. As long as only kill commands are
issued, the text killed is appended to the kill buffer.
Command Name: refresh
Default Key: ^L
Description: Clears and redraws the window.
Command Name: insertline
Default Key: ^M (RETURN)
Description: Enter a newline character at the current cursor position.
The newline character is the end of line marker. The cursor
advances to the character position after the newline.
Command Name: movedown
Default Key: ^N
Description: Move the current cursor location down one line. An attempt is
made to keep the cursor in the same column as it started; This
may not be possible, since the cursor location must be centered
on a character.
Command Name: openline
Default Key: ^O
Description: Inserts a newline at the current cursor location. The current
cursor location is left positioned at the start of the just
opened space.
Command Name: moveup
Default Key: ^P
Description: Move the current cursor location up one line. An attempt is
made to keep the cursor in the same column as it started; This
may not be possible, since the cursor location must be centered
on a character.
Command Name: quote
Default Key: ^Q
Description: Enter the next character into the document literally;
do not attempt interpret it as an AME command.
Command Name: ifindprev
Default Key: ^R
Description: Incremental backward search.
Command Name: ifindnext
Default Key: ^S
Description: Incremental forward search.
Incremental Search is modeled after the incremental search
mechanism in ITS EMACS. Incremental search is different from
the usual search method in that it begins to search before you
have finished typing the search string. As the search string is
entered, AME will show you where in the buffer the string is
found. As soon as you have entered enough characters to
identify the place you want, you can stop.
When incremental search mode is entered, AME will prompt for
characters; as you type, AME will move the cursor to the first
occurance of those characters. If you make a mistake, you can
use the delete key...AME will move the cursor back to the
previous match of the pattern.
Entering RETURN will exit incremenal search mode, as does
entering any command not meaningful during a search (in
other word, any command other than ^S or ^R). Typing ^E,
for instance would exit search mode, and move the cursor to
the end of the line, as normally.
When in incremental search mode, typing another ^S will move
you to the next occurance of the current pattern you
entered. ^R will move you back to the previou ocurance of
the pattern. You can repeat the previous pattern after
exiting and reentering incremental search mode by typing a
^S immediately on entry to the mode. ^G cancels the entire
search, putting the cursor to where it was before the search
began.
Command Name: twiddle
Default Key: ^T
Description: Transpose the two characters immediately preceeding the
current cursor location.
Command Name: universalargument
Default Key: ^U
Description: Set an argument number (negative or positive) for use by the
next AME command entered.
Command Name: movenextpage
Default Key: ^V
Description: Move down one page, so the next page of the buffer is visible
in the window.
Command Name: deleteblock
(also known as erase)
Default Key: ^W
Description: Kill (wipe) all characters between the current cursor position
and the bookmark. The deleted text is moved to the kill buffer.
Command Name: yank
Default Key: ^Y
Description: Take the contents of the kill buffer and insert it at the
current cursor location in the current buffer. The cursor is
positioned after the inserted text.
Command Name: scrollwindowup
Default Key: ^Z
Description: Reposition the current window on the current buffer up one line.
Command Name: spawn
Default Key: ^_
Description: Open a new Shell. If AME is operating on its own screen,
the new Shell will open on the AME window; otherwise it
will open on the Workbench window.
Command Name: reposition
Default Key: ESC-!
Description: Repositions the current buffer in the display window. By default,
it acts as a 'recenter with current line to top of display window'
function. If given a 0 argument, it centers the current line
in the display window; if given a positive argument, it positions
the current line that many lines from the top of the current
display window; if given a negative argument, it positions
the current line that many lines from the bottom of the current
display window. (Its purely a visual effect; the text in the
current buffer is not changed)
Command Name: movebow
Default Key: ESC-,
Description: Move the curent cursor location to the beginning of the
display window, to the top left corner.
Command Name: moveeow
Default Key: ESC-.
Description: Move the curent cursor location to the beginning of the
display window, to the bottom left corner.
Command Name: movebob
Default Key: ESC-<
Description: Move the current cursor location to the beginning of the
current buffer.
Command Name: moveeob
Default Key: ESC->
Description: Move the current cursor location to the end of the
current buffer.
Command Name: apropos
(also known as help)
Default Key: ESC-? or HELP
Description: Apropos requests a search string, then scans through all of the
AME command names for all occurances of your string. This is
useful to find all the commands containing move (or window)
for example. This scan does not support wildcards; but will
find the search string in a command name if the search string
appears anywhere within the command name.
Command Name: stringrx
Default Key: ESC-A
Description: This command will execute an Arexx string file. The entire
argument is passed to Arexx, which attempts to interpret it
as an Arexx program. Note: Unless the RXCON variable is
set to something other than NIL:, you will not see any
console output from the AREXX program.
Command Name: moveprevword
Default Key: ESC-B
Description: Move the current cursor location to the beginning of the
previous word. If already within a word, moves to the start
of the word.
Command Name: capital
Default Key: ESC-C
Description: Capitalize the current character under the cursor and move to
the next word. By using it with an argument, you can
capitalize more than one word at a time.
Command Name: deletenextword
Default Key: ESC-D
Description: Delete characters from the current cursor position to the end of
the word. This command lets you kill multiple words
and stop in a reasonable way when it hits the end of the buffer.
Words deleted are placed in the kill buffer.
Command Name: rx
Default Key: ESC-E
Description: This command executes an Arexx file. The default extention
for Arexx files for AME is (of course) .ame . The rx command
prompts for the file name. Arguments given on the echo line
with the file name will be passed to the Arexx program as
its arguments.
Command Name: movenextword
Default Key: ESC-F
Description: Move the current cursor location to the end of next word in the
buffer.
Command Name: deleteprevword
Default Key: ESC-H
Description: Delete characters from the current cursor position to the
beginning of the word. The cursor is left on its current
position. The character under the cursor is not deleted.
This command lets you kill multiple words and stop in a
reasonable way when it hits the end of the buffer.
Words deleted are placed in the kill buffer.
Command Name: justifyparagraph
Default Key: ESC-J
Description: Reformat the current paragraph according to the current
left margin, right margin, indent, and wrap mode.
Command Name: deleteparagraph
Default Key: ESC-K
Description: This command will delete characters in the current paragraph
from the current cursor location to the end of the paragraph.
Characters deleted will be placed in the kill buffer, and may
be retrieved by the yank command.
Command Name: lowercase
Default Key: ESC-L
Description: Change from the current character under the cursor to the
end of word to lower case. The current cursor location is
moved to the end of the word. By using it with an argument,
you can change more than one word at a time to lower case.
Command Name: findchange
Default Key: ESC-Q
Description: Changes all occurances of one string to another string, starting
at the current cursor location and ending at the end of the
buffer. AME prompts for the string to find and the string
to change it to. If the REGEX variable is set, the search
string can be a regular expression; otherwise it is a literal
string. The quote command (^Q) can be used in both the search
string and the replacement string to search or replace
control characters. AME remembers the search string from
one search to the next. For each occurance of the string found,
AME allows the user to determine if the change should be made
(space), don't change and continue the search (n), change
this occurance and all others without asking further (c),
change this one and stop (. or ESC), stop immediately
(without changing this one) (^G), anything else will list
the options available. Because the regular expression search
is slower than the standard search, findchange will automatically
switch to the standard search if no wild cards are used in the
search string.
Command Name: findreplace
Default Key: ESC-R
Description: Changes all occurances of one string to another string, starting
at the current cursor location and ending at the end of the
buffer. AME prompts for the string to find and the string
to change it to. If the REGEX variable is set, the search
string can be a regular expression; otherwise it is a literal
string. The quote command (^Q) can be used in both the search
string and the replacement string to search or replace
control characters. AME remembers the search string from
one search to the next. AME changes each occurance of the
search string to the replacement string. Because the regular
expression search is slower than the standard search, findreplace
will automatically switch to the standard search if no wild
cards are used in the search string.
Command Name: setprefs
Default Key: ESC-S
Description: This command is used to set one or more of the internal AME
variables which controls the behavior of some of the commands.
The variables supported are:
ADDRESS BACKUP BEEP CASE CHECK CMODE CONWAIT
EOL FOLDS FREQ ICONS INDENT LEFT MBYTE
MODE OVER PROJECT READ REGEX REQ RIGHT
RXCON SCORE TAB TEMP UNDO USTEPS WRAP
VAR
See the AME Variables section for additional information on
the variables and functions.
Command Name: uppercase
Default Key: ESC-U
Description: Change from the current character under the cursor to the
end of word to upper case. The current cursor location is
moved to the end of the word. By using it with an argument,
you can change more than one word at a time to upper case.
Command Name: moveprevpage
Default Key: ESC-V
Description: Move up one page, so the previous page of the buffer is visible
in the window.
Command Name: copyblock
Default Key: ESC-W
Description: Copy all characters from the bookmark set in the current
buffer to the current cursor location in the buffer to
the Amiga clipboard.device.
Command Name: scrollwindowdown
Default Key: ESC-Z
Description: Reposition the current window on the current buffer down one line.
Command Name: swapcase
Default Key: ESC-^
Description: Invert the case of all characters between the current cursor
location and the end of the current word.
Command Name: deleteprevword
Default Key: ESC-Del
Description: Delete characters from the current cursor position to
the beginning of the current word.
Command Name: bindkey
Default Key: ESC-^B
Description: This command allows the user to change the current key bindings;
key bindings are which command is executed when each key is hit.
The bindkey command prompts for the function to bind (with
command completion), the key to bind, and any optional
arguments for the function. If you already have the function
bound, this new binding is in addition to the old binding;
the old binding is still in effect. Only the key you are binding
is affected. Almost all keys can be bound, as well as the mouse,
with a variety of qualifiers. The keypad can be bound seperately.
When binding keys in a script file, you must use the
key names. Do not use the quote (^Q) function to
enter the ESC or ^X. Instead, spell it out, ie
use ESC- or ^X- (or ESC or ^X). The same goes for
control characters. For example, to rebind the search
and incremental search commands in your ame_pro.ame file,
you would include the following statements:
bindkey "find ^S"
bindkey "findprev ^R"
bindkey "ifindnext ^XS"
bindkey "ifindprev ^X-R"
In general, you should use the same information displayed
when you use describekey on a bound key or in the chart
producted by the describebindings command.
The bindable keys are as follows:
KEYNAME Keys available to bind AME qualifiers
------- ---------------------- --------------
F1-F10 unshifted, shifted
HELP unshifted
DEL unshifted
SPACE unshifted, alt
CURSOR KEYS unshifted, shifted
TAB unshifted (same as ^I) ^X, ESC
BACKSPACE unshifted (same as ^H) ^X, ESC
All keys on keypad unshifted, shifted ^X, ESC
All alphanumeric keys unshifted, shifted, alt, ctrl ^X, ESC
Mouse Click on mode line :
unshifted, shifted, alt, ctrl
on echo line:
unshifted, shifted, alt, ctrl
in display window
unshifted, shifted, alt, ctrl
Command Name: movematchbkt
Default Key: ESC-^F
Description: Moves the cursor to the matching brace, bracket, or parenthesis.
When searching for a member of a pair ({} or () or <> or [])
search direction is automatic. This command can also be used
to find matching quotes. In this case, the command defaults to
searching forward; to search backwards, a negative argument
is used.
Command Name: lowercaseblock
Default Key: ESC-^L
Description: Changes all the characters from the bookmark set in the current
buffer to the current cursor position to lower case.
The cursor position is left unchanged.
Command Name: unsetprefs
Default Key: ESC-^S
Description: This command is used to unset any of the internal AME variables
that can be set by the setprefs command. In the case of the
RXCON and ADDRESS variables, unset means return to default
values of NIL: and AREXX.
Command Name: uppercaseblock
Default Key: ESC-^U
Description: Changes all the characters from the bookmark set in the current
buffer to the current cursor position to upper case.
The cursor position is left unchanged.
Command Name: moveothernextpage
Default Key: ESC-^V
Description: Move the next window down one page, so the next page of that
buffer is visible in that window.
Command Name: writeblock
Default Key: ESC-^W
Description: Write the characters from the bookmark set in the current
buffer to the current cursor position to a file. AME will
prompt for the file name. If the REQFLAG or FREQ variables
are set, the asl.library file requester will appear; otherwise
the file name must be entered in the echo line.
Command Name: cmdshell
Default Key: ESC-ESC or ESC-^[
Description: This command will execute an extended command. The command
is entered in the echo line with command completion. You can
enter ESC or space to invoke the command completer.
Command Name: spawncommand
Default Key: ^X-!
Description: Spawncommand prompts for a command to execute. This is passed
to AmigaDOS to execute. Normal output from the command will be
placed in the popup buffer. (Error output will appear in
the Shell AME was invoked from).
Command Name: startmacro
Default Key: ^X-(
Description: All the keys entered following this command will be stored
in the keyboard macro buffer, for later use.
Incremental search cannot be executed as a macro, due to
limitations in the macro processor that may be removed
in a later version of AME. If a search is required, the
non-incremental search must be used.
Command Name: stopmacro
Default Key: ^X-)
Description: Stop storing keys in the keyboard macro buffer.
Command Name: onlywindow
Default Key: ^X-1
Description: Remove all display windows except the current display
window, which becomes full size.
Command Name: splitwindow
Default Key: ^X-2
Description: Split the current display window into two display windows,
dividing the space available between the two display windows.
Command Name: describekey
Default Key: ^X-?
Description: AME will ask for the key to describe. The key (or key
combination) should be typed in exactly as it would be
typed to execute it. AME will then display the current
command binding of that key, or say the key is not
bound. To find out the current binding of ^XD, invoke
the discribekey command, then type control X D. AME will
display the current binding. This function works for all
bindable keys, including mouse clicks.
Command Name: displayposition
Default Key: ^X-=
Description: This command will display information about the current
cursor location including the current character under the
cursor, the line number within the buffer, the original
line number (the ID) of the line as it was loaded from a file
(unaffected by later line additions or deletions), The row
within the current display window, the column within the
current display window, and the position within the buffer, as
a percentage of total number of characters in the buffer.
This string is also copied to the Arexx result string.
Command Name: findagain
Default Key: ^X-A
Description: This command will repeat the last find operation.
Command Name: usebuffer
Default Key: ^X-B
Description: Ask for the name of the buffer, and link it to the current
display window. The old buffer is merely unlinked from
the display window. It is not erased or changed in any way.
If the requested buffer does not exist, a new buffer with that
name will be created.
Command Name: vcopyblock
Default Key: ^X-C
Description: This command copies a block in the vertical current column
defined by the mark and the current cursor position and puts
it into the kill buffer. A vertical column should be
pasted into a document with the vyank command to keep
it in a column.
Command Name: deletewindow
Default Key: ^X-D
Description: Delete the current display window, and enlarge either the
display window below or the display window above the current
display window to fill in the space. If there is only one
display window, nothing happens.
Command Name: executemacro
Default Key: ^X-E
Description: This command takes the keys stored with the startmacro command
and treats them as if they were typed again.
Incremental search commands cannot be executed from a keyboard
macro.
Command Name: setfilepath
Default Key: ^X-F
Description: Change the name of the file associated with the current buffer.
This is the name that will be used when the current buffer
is saved.
Command Name: gotoidline
Default Key: ^X-G
Description: Prompt for the line ID to go to, and move the current cursor
location to that line. Line IDs are sequentially assigned
to each line as the file is loaded. This ID represents the
original line number, before any insertions or deletions.
Command Name: insertbuffer
Default Key: ^X-I
Description: This command will prompt for the name of the buffer to insert,
then inserts it at the current cursor location in the current
buffer.
Command Name: jump
Default Key: ^X-J
Description: AME will ask for the name of the public screen to jump the
Intuition window. Just pressing return will cause the AME
window to jump to the next public screen. If there is only
one public screen (and AME is on it) nothing will happen.
If a public screen name is given, AME will jump to that screen.
If the screen name is mistyped or doesn't exist an error
will be reported.
Command Name: killbuffer
Default Key: ^X-K
Description: Prompt for a buffer name, and delete that buffer. All the
text in that buffer will be erased. This command
will fail if the buffer is being displayed.
Command Name: nextwindow
Default Key: ^X-N
Description: Switch to the display window below the current display window.
If the current display window is the lowest, the top display
window will be made active.
Command Name: useoldbuffer
Default Key: ^X-O
Description: Ask for the name of the old buffer and link it to the current
window. The old buffer linked to the window is not affected
in any way. The buffer to be displayed must already exist.
Command Name: prevwindow
Default Key: ^X-P
Description: Switch to the display window above the current display window.
If the current display window is the highest, the bottom display
window will be made active.
Command Name: vdeleteblock
Default Key: ^X-W
Description: This command cuts a block in the vertical current column
defined by the mark and the current cursor position and puts
it into the kill buffer. A vertical column should be
pasted into a document with the vyank command to keep
it in a column.
Command Name: vyank
Default Key: ^X-Y
Description: This command is used to enter the text from the kill buffer
into the current buffer at the current cursor position
in a column.
Command Name: findprev
Default Key: ESC-^R
Description: Search backwards for the next occurance of a string. AME
prompts for the string to search for; if the REGEX flag is
set, regular expressions may be used; otherwise the text
is treated literally. The quote command (^Q) may be used
to enter control characters into the search string; this
allows end of line to be searched (end of line is ^J).
AME remembers the search string from one search to the next,
and displays it in the prompt. Hitting the return key will
retain the same search string.
Command Name: find
Default Key: ESC-^S
Description: Search forwards for the next occurance of a string. AME
prompts for the string to search for; if the REGEX flag is
set, regular expressions may be used; otherwise the text
is treated literally. The quote command (^Q) may be used
to enter control characters into the search string; this
allows end of line to be searched (end of line is ^J).
AME remembers the search string from one search to the next,
and displays it in the prompt. Hitting the return key will
retain the same search string.
The regular expressions are the standard AmigaDOS regular
expressions, with one addition: The ^ character can be used
to anchor the search to either the beginning and/or to the end
of lines. The ^ character only has this special meaning
when used at the beginning or end of the search string.
A leading or trailing space will allow you to use a ^ as a ^
at the beginning or end of the search string.
The regular expression search is limited to lines shorter
than 2048 bytes; only the first 2048 bytes will be
searched. If you have lines longer than 2048 bytes, you
should turn REGEX off.
Regular expression search is noticably slower than
standard search. This is especially noticable in
findchange, and findreplace.
Amiga regular expression give powerful search capabilities
to the find commands. The following regular expression tokens
are supported:
? matches a single character # matches the next
expression 0 or more times
(ab|cd) matches any one of the items seperated by the | character
~ negates the sense of the next token or expression
[abc] matches any of the characters defined in the character
class.
a-z defines a character range, to use within a character
class definition.
% matches 0 characters (for example, (ab|cd|%)
^ anchor to beginning or end of line.
Expressions can be combined. The most commonly used expression
is #?, which matches any number of characters.
Command Name: togglewindow
Default Key: ^X-T
Description: Toggle between an AME window on the Workbench screen, and
AME opening its own public screen and putting its window
there. Only when AME is open on the Workbench screen does
it have a scroll bar.
Command Name: moveothernextpage
Default Key: ^X-V
Description: Move the next window up one page, so the previous page of that
buffer is visible in that window.
Command Name: deletewhitespace
Default Key: ^X-W
Description: Delete all the white space (spaces and tabs) surrounding the
current cursor location.
Command Name: enlargewindow
Default Key: ^X-Z
Description: Make the current display window one line larger and the
display window below one line shorter. If there is no
display window below, a line is taken from the window above.
Command Name: movebop
Default Key: ^X-[
Description: Move the current cursor location to the beginning of the
current paragraph.
Command Name: moveeop
Default Key: ^X-]
Description: Move the current cursor location to the end of the
current paragraph.
Command Name: displaybuffers
Default Key: ^X-^B
Description: Pop up the information about currently active buffers in the
temporary popup display window. For each buffer currently
in use, AME will display a line containing the name of the
buffer, its size, what file the buffer is associated with,
and whether the buffer has been changed since loading.
Command Name: deleteline
Default Key: ^X-^D
Description: Delete the current line and close up the space it occupied.
The current cursor location will be moved to the beginning
of the next line. The text deleted is placed in the kill
buffer.
Command Name: quickexit
Default Key: ^X-^F
Description: Save all modified buffers and exit AME.
Command Name: gotoline
Default Key: ^X-^G
Description: Ask for a line number, and move the current cursor location
to the beginning of that line if it exists.
Command Name: insertfile
Default Key: ^X-^I
Description: Ask for the name of a file to insert, and insert the contents
of the file at the current cursor location. If either the FREQ
or REQ variable is set, then the asl library file requester
will be brought up for file selection.
Command Name: savemodified
Default Key: ^X-^M
Description: Save all modified buffers under the file names associated with
each changed buffer.
Command Name: deleteblanklines
Default Key: ^X-^O
Description: Delete all blank lines above and below the current blank line.
If the current line is not blank, nothing is deleted.
Command Name: popbuffer
Default Key: ^X-^P
Description: AME will ask for the name of the buffer; that buffer
will appear in one of the current display window. If there
is only one display window, it will be split to make room.
Command Name: open
Default Key: ^X-^R
Description: Asks for a file name, then read the file into the current
buffer. If the current buffer contains unsaved, modified
text, then AME asks if the changes should be discarded and
the file loaded. If the REQ variable or the FREQ variable is
set, the asl file requester is used to select the file to
load. Otherwise AME asks for the name of the file to load in
the echo line.
Command Name: save
Default Key: ^X-^S
Description: Save the current buffer (if it has been modified) under the
file name currently associated with the buffer. If the
buffer has no name, AME will complain.
Command Name: undo
Default Key: ^X-^U
Description: If the UNDO variable is set, this command will undo the last
change made to the buffer.
NOTE: this function does not work completely at this time;
it does not correctly undo deleted blank lines.
Command Name: visit
Default Key: ^X-^V
Description: Ask for the name of a file, then switch to the the buffer
which contains it. If no buffer contains a file with that
name, AME will switch to a new buffer (named the same as
the file name), and load the file. If there is already a
buffer with that name that does not contain the correct
file AME will ask if the buffer should be overwritten
before loading. Like other file I/O commands, visit
uses the asl file requester if either the REQ variable or
the FREQ variable is set.
Command Name: saveas
Default Key: ^X-^W
Description: Asks for the name to use, then saves the current buffer
to that name. The file name associated with the current
buffer is automatically changed to the name used to save
under. Like other file I/O commands, saveas
uses the asl file requester if either the REQ variable or
the FREQ variable is set.
Command Name: gotobookmark
Default Key: ^X-^X
Description: Moves the current cursor location to the bookmark
set in the current buffer, and moves the bookmark to
the where the cursor position was.
Command Name: shrinkwindow
Default Key: ^X-^Z
Description: Make the current display window one line smaller and the
display window below one line larger. If there is no
display window below, a line is given to the display window above.
Command Name: insertcharacter
Default Key: KEYPAD 0
Description: Insert a space at the current character position. This is
especially useful when editing a document in OVERWRITE mode.
Command Name: spaceinsert
Default Key: Shift-KP0
Description: Insert a space at the current cursor position. This is
useful when in overstrike mode, to allow you to insert
characters without leaving the mode.
Command Name: activatewindow
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Activate the AME Intuition Window
Command Name: bar
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Put a menu bar into the menu. AME will ask for the menu slot
where the menu bar should be placed. Menus are automatically
disabled when this command is used. (This speeds up adding
multiple menu items and bars to the menu). The onmenu command
is used to activate the menu system. If -1 is used for the
menu slot, the bar is appended to the end of the current menu
list.
Command Name: bindsymbol
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command is used to create a new AME command. The command
is either an Arexx script file or an Arexx string command. AME
will prompt for the name for the new symbol, the type
(string or file), and the arguments. In the case of a string
file, this will be the entire command to execute. In the case
of an Arexx script file, the argument will be the name of the
file to execute, as well as any arguments that must be passed
to the script.
Command Name: beepscreen
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Flash the screen.
Command Name: clear
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will clear the current buffer. If there are
unsaved changes, AME will ask for verification before
proceeding.
Command Name: closewindow
Default Key: CloseGadget
Description: This command will bring up a 'changed' requester if the document
has changed. If the user clicks OK, the command attempts
to quit the program.
Command Name: copy
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will copy the characters from the bookmark set
in the current buffer to the current cursor position into
unit 0 of the Amiga clipboard.device. This command is usually
placed in the EDIT menu, with its shortcut key set to C,
following the style guide.
Command Name: copykill
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will copy the characters from kill buffer into
unit 0 of the Amiga clipboard.device.
Command Name: cut
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will delete the characters from the bookmark set
in the current buffer to the current cursor position and place
those characters into unit 0 of the Amiga clipboard.device.
This command is usually placed in the EDIT menu, with its
shortcut key set to X, following the style guide.
Command Name: describebindings
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will produce a listing of all current key bindings
in the popup buffer. This list can be saved and printed
as a reference.
Command Name: displayversion
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will display the version information for AME.
Command Name: dottomouse
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command calculate the position where the mouse
was when the left button was last clicked and attempt
to move the current cursor location to that position,
if the button was clicked when the mouse cursor was
over the display window area. This could result in a different
display window becoming active, or the cursor moving within
a display window. This command is usually used by Arexx programs
bound to the mouse which need to move the cursor or select
a display window before further operations.
Command Name: endmenu
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will ask where to place the end of menu marker. This
marker indcates the end slot of the current AME menus. An
end marker must be present for the menus to appear.
Use of this command automatically disables the AME menus.
They must be reactivated with the onmenu command.
Command Name: font
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Set the font for the text. If either REQ or FREQ is set
(and you are using V38 or higher) the asl.library font
requester will be used; otherwise the font name
and size is entered in the echo line.
Command Name: fenceinsert
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command inserts the fence character passed to it
with appropriate fence matching. Fence matching is
normally done automatically, in CMODE, when a close
brace, parenthesis, or bracket is typed. You can bind
any key to fenceinsert, however. If the key
is a member of a bracket pair, the match will
be with the other member of the pair; otherwise
it will match with itself. The fenceinsert command
is a selfinsert like command; it inserts the key struck.
To override that, the -k argument must be used.
For instance, a useful binding would be to bind F10 to the
fenceinsert function, with an argument of -k 34 . Every time
the F10 key is hit, it would do a fenceinsert on the character
number 34 (the double quotes).
Command Name: foldblock
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command folds (removes from view) the currently
selected block. The lines folded are still present,
and may be temporarily displayed with the show command.
The unfold command undo the effects of the fold command.
The first line of the block is not folded; instead, it
is displayed with a leading @ sign. If a fold is folded in
another fold block, the folds nest. If mark (which defines
a block) is at the current cursor position, AME will fold
all lines with a greater indentation than the current line.
Folds are saved on a file by file basis when the FOLDS flag
is set, in a file with the extension .FLD . If a file
contains no folds, no .FLD file is created.
Command Name: foldfunction
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command folds a C function. It looks at the indentation
level of the next line containing a { (including the initial
line), and folds lines until a line with the same or less
indentation level is encountered. If a fold is folded into
another block, the folds nest.
Command Name: getblockinfo
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will return the currently selected
region in the Arexx result string. The region is defined by
the bookmark set in the current buffer and the current
cursor position. If the bookmark is set, the row, column,
and number of characters in the region is returned.
Command Name: getbuffername
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will return the name of the current buffer
in the Arexx result string.
Command Name: getchar
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will return the character under the cursor in
the Arexx result string.
Command Name: getcurrentdir
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the full path name of the current
directory associated with the current buffer in the
Arexx result string.
Command Name: getcursorpos
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the row and column of the current
cursor position, and a YES if the line is first line
of a fold or a NO otherwise, in the Arexx result string.
Command Name: getdwinfo
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the number of display windows currently
open, and the buffer names associated with each window. The
buffers are in order, from the top buffer in the window, to
the lowest.
Command Name: getfilename
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the file name associated with the
current buffer in the Arexx result string.
Command Name: getfilepath
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the file path, including the file name,
associated with the current buffer in the Arexx result string.
This file path can be relative to the current directory
set in AME.
Command Name: getfullpath
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the fully qualified file path, including
the file name, associated with the current buffer in the
Arexx result string.
Command Name: getline
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the contents of the current line in the
Arexx result string.
Command Name: getmousepos
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the row and column of the last position
the left mouse button was clicked in the Arexx result string.
Command NameL getlastpattern
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the last pattern used in a search
routine.
Command Name: getprefs
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command is used to get the current values of
the internal AME variables. The requested values are printed
in the echo line as well as returned in the Arexx result string.
Command Name: getrxkey
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command is used to get the hexadecimal value of the key that
invoked an Arexx script. This is used if the macro
needs to know what key was used to start it. The key returned
as a number in the Arexx result string. The following table
can be used to decode the value:
MASK Description
---- ------------------------
0x000-0x0FF The basic character code for normal characters
0x100-0x1FF Special Characters
0x100 Special No Key
0x101 Cursor Up
0x102 Cursor Down
0x103 Cursor left
0x104 Cursor right
0x105 Shift cursor up
0x106 Shift cursor down
0x107 Shift cursor left
0x108 Shift cursor right
0x109 HELP
0x10A MENU event
0x10B Resize event
0x10C F1
0x10D F2
0x10E F3
0x10F F4
0x110 F5
0x111 F6
0x112 F7
0x113 F8
0x114 F9
0x115 F10
0x116 Shift F1
0x117 Shift F2
0x118 Shift F3
0x119 Shift F4
0x11A Shift F5
0x11B Shift F6
0x11C Shift F7
0x11D Shift F8
0x11E Shift F9
0x11F Shift F10
0x120 Mouse Click
0x121 Control Mouse Click
0x122 Shift Mouse Click
0x123 Control Shift Mouse Click
0x124 ALT Mouse Click
0x125 Control ALT Mouse Click
0x126 Shift ALT Mouse Click
0x127 Control Shift ALT Mouse Click
0x128 Mouse Click on mode line
0x129 Control Mouse Click on mode line
0x12A Shift Mouse Click on mode line
0x12B Control Shift Mouse Click on mode line
0x12C ALT Mouse Click on mode line
0x12D Control ALT Mouse Click on mode line
0x12E Shift ALT Mouse Click on mode line
0x12F Control Shift ALT Mouse Click on mode line
0x130 Mouse Click on echo line
0x131 Control Mouse Click on echo line
0x132 Shift Mouse Click on echo line
0x133 Control Shift Mouse Click on echo line
0x134 ALT Mouse Click on echo line
0x135 Control ALT Mouse Click on echo line
0x136 Shift ALT Mouse Click on echo line
0x137 Control Shift ALT Mouse Click on echo line
0x140 Mouse Click at display window top
0x141 Control Mouse Click at display window top
0x142 Shift Mouse Click at display window top
0x143 Control Shift Mouse Click at
display window top
0x144 ALT Mouse Click at display window top
0x145 Control ALT Mouse Click at display
window top
0x146 Shift ALT Mouse Click at top of
display window
0x147 Control Shift ALT Mouse Click at top
of display window
0x148 Keypad Left Parenthesis
0x149 Keypad Right Parenthesis
0x14A Keypad Asterisk
0x14B Keypad Plus
0x14C Keypad ENTER
0x14D Keypad Minus
0x14E Keypad Period
0x14F Keypad Slash
0x150 Keypad 0
0x151 Keypad 1
0x152 Keypad 2
0x153 Keypad 3
0x154 Keypad 4
0x155 Keypad 5
0x156 Keypad 6
0x157 Keypad 7
0x158 Keypad 8
0x159 Keypad 9
0x15A Shift Keypad Left Parenthesis
0x15B Shift Keypad Right Parenthesis
0x15C Shift Keypad Asterisk
0x15D Shift Keypad Plus
0x15E Shift Keypad ENTER
0x15F Shift Keypad Minus
0x160 Shift Keypad Period
0x161 Shift Keypad Slash
0x162 Shift Keypad 0
0x163 Shift Keypad 1
0x164 Shift Keypad 2
0x165 Shift Keypad 3
0x166 Shift Keypad 4
0x167 Shift Keypad 5
0x168 Shift Keypad 6
0x169 Shift Keypad 7
0x16A Shift Keypad 8
0x16B Shift Keypad 9
0x16C CloseGadget
0x0200 Control key flag
0x0400 Meta (ESCAPE) flag
0x0800 Control X flag
Command Name: getrxmacro
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command gets the contents of the current macro stored
in the keyboard macro buffer, converts it to a simple Arexx
program, and returns it in the Arexx result string. Because
this program can be fairly long, it can result in the amount
of memory used by AME for its Arexx result strings growing.
Command Name: getword
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command gets the current word at the current cursor
location and returns it in the Arexx result variable.
If there is no word under the cursor, the next word is returned.
Command Name: getwindowsize
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command returns the size of the area of the Intuition
window available for use as display window area in the Arexx
result variable. The dimensions are returned as number of
character rows, followed by number of character columns.
Command Name: globalrx
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will ask for the Arexx command, then it executes it, then
sends it to all other AMEs running on that Amiga at that time,
with instructions to execute the command as well. The results
of the command execution are returned in the Arexx result
variable, in the form:
.arexx port extention YES|NO
so, for example, if there are three AMEs active (with
Arexx port names AME.01 AME.03 and AME.04) you would get
the following result, assuming the command succeeded on
AME.01 and AME.04, and failed on AME.03
.01 YES .03 NO .04 YES
A null command can also be sent to just find out all
the active AME Arexx port names.
Command Name: hide
Default key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will rehide folds temporarily revealed
by the show command.
Command Name: hideall
Default key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will rehide all folds temporarily revealed
by the show command.
Command Name: hideblock
Default key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will rehide folds temporarily revealed
by the show command in the current block.
Command Name: hunt
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME asks for the project name to hunt for and a filename;
if that version on AME is not associated with that project name
it sends messages to all other active AMEs, inquiring if
any of them are associated with that project name,
If any of the AMEs contacted is associated with that project
name it VISITs the filename, then moves its
Intuition window to the front.
Command Name: iconify
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command closes the AME window, and creates an AppIcon
on the Workbench window. The AME icon can be moved
like any other Workbench icon. Double clicking
on the icon will reopen the AME window. Dropping
files on the icon will reopen the AME window, loading
those files. Sending any AREXX command will also
reopen the AME window. (sending a BREAK signal will
reopen the AME window momentarily; AME will immediately
exit).
Command Name: insert
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command takes characters as an argument; all characters
sent are treated as if they were typed from the keyboard.
For almost all purposes, the text command is prefered.
Command Name: item
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command is used to enter a menu item into the AME menu.
AME wiill ask for a slot number (-1 can be used for an
append to current menu strip operation), then asks for
the label to be used in the menu, the command to be executed
when that menu is selected, and the optional shortcut key.
Menus are automatically disabled when this command is used,
to speed entry of multiple menu items, and must be reenabled
with the onmenu command.
Command Name: lockdisplay
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command locks the display window. No changes appear to take
place until the unlockdisplay command is received. The modeline
is not locked. Input is still received, so any characters
typed are actually placed in the buffer; they are merely not
displayed.
Command Name: lockmodeline
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command locks the mode and echo lines. However, if AME
really wants to ask you something, it will. The lockmodeline
command can best be viewed as a request to AME to keep
requests to a minimum. It can be useful during script execution,
to stop commands from displaying options in the mode line during
execution.
Command Name: menutitle
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will ask for the slot number (-1 for an append operation),
and a label, then sets a menu title to that label. Menus
are automatically diisabled when this command is executed,
and must be turned on with the onmenu command.
Command Name: new
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will ask for the name of the new buffer, then
create it. If a name is given that already exists, AME
will modify the name to be unique, by appending a number
to it.
Command Name: nop
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command does nothing. It is useful, for example, to
bind to a key to make that key do nothing.
Command Name: onmenu
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command activates the AME menus.
Command Name: paste
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will copy the characters from unit 0 of the
Amiga clipboard.device to the current cursor location.
This command is usually placed in the EDIT menu, with its
shortcut key set to V, following the style guide.
You can paste into the mode line, by the way.
Command Name: pastekill
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will copy the characters from unit 0 of the
Amiga clipboard.device to the kill buffer.
Command Name: popup
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will cause the popup buffer to appear and
be made the current buffer. If called
with an argument, the buffer will be cleared; otherwise
it will contain whatever information it contained when it was
last used. This command makes it easy for external programs
to feed popup information to AME.
Command Name: requestfile
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command causes AME to request a file name from the user.
If the REQ or FREQ variables are set, the asl library file
requester will be used; otherwise the file name will be
requested in the mode line. The file name selected is returned
in the Arexx result variable.
Command Name: requestkey
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Get a key from the keyboard; the value of the key is
returned as a hexadecimal number. See the getrxkey for
key table.
Command Name: requestline
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command causes AME to request a line of input from the
user. If the REQ variable is set, AME will bring up a
string requester for the input; otherwise the line
is expected to be typed in the echo line. The requestline
command takes an argument for the prompt to use when
requesting user input. The line typed is returned in the
Arexx result variable.
Command Name: requestresponse
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command causes AME to request yes or no response from the
user. If the REQ variable is set, AME will bring up an
easy requester for the input, with two buttons marked
OK anbd CANCEL; otherwise the response is expected in the
echo line. The requestresponse
command takes an argument for the prompt to use when
requesting user input. The response (OK or CANCEL) is returned
in the Arexx result variable.
Command Name: setcurrentdir
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command sets the current directory associated with
AME.
Command Name: settitle
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will ask for a new title. This title is used as the
window title for the AME Intuition window.
Command Name: show
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will temporarily reveal all folded lines.
on each side of the current cursor position. AME will scan
the file in each direction and reveal folded lines, stopping
at the first unfolded line. The lines will stay revealed until
hidden. Revealed lines are indicated by a leading | symbol.
Command Name: showall
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will temporarily reveal all folded lines.
The lines will stay revealed until hidden.
Revealed lines are indicated by a leading | symbol.
Command Name: showblock
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will temporarily reveal all folded lines in the
current block. The lines will stay revealed until hidden.
Revealed lines are indicated by a leading | symbol.
Command Name: sleep
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will use the universal argument and wait for that many
seconds. If given a negative argument, it will wait for that
many 50ths of a second.
Command Name: subitem
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command is used to enter a menu sub item into the AME menu.
AME wiill ask for a slot number (-1 can be used for an
append to current menu strip operation), then asks for
the label to be used in the menu, the command to be executed
when that menu is selected, and the optional shortcut key.
The subitem is automatically attached to the nearest previous
menu item, so a menu item can have the normal multiple
collection sub items. Menus are automatically disabled when this command
is used, to speed entry of multiple items, and must be reenabled
with the onmenu command.
Command Name: text
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: AME will insert the character string passed as an argument
to the text command at the current cursor location.
Command Name: undoboundary
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command inserts an undo boundary character into the
undo buffer. It is normally used to seperate undoable
operations, and is automatically called when undo
is active.
Command Name: undomore
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command will undo an additional operation, up to the
next boundary. It is not normally called directly. It is
automatically called when undo is active.
Command Name: undostart
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Begin a new undo operation. This command is not normally
called directly.
Command Name: unlockdisplay
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Unlock the display window so changes made appear.
Command Name: unlockmodeline
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Unlock the mode and echo lines, so normal output appears.
Command Name: unfold
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command unfolds an entire fold, by scanning forwards
and back from the current line, unfolding one level
of folds, until an unfolded line is encountered.
Command Name: unfoldall
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command unfolds all folds. If you just want to
unfold one level of folds, set a block that covers
the entire file, and use unfoldblock.
Command Name: unfoldblock
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: This command unfolds the current block by one fold
level.
Command Name: windowtoback
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Send the AME Intuition window to the back.
Command Name: windowtofront
Default Key: UNBOUND
Description: Bring the AME Intuition window to the front.
AME VARIABLES
Variable Name: ADDRESS
Description: Default port to send Arexx messages.
Variable Type: string
Initial value: REXX
Variable Name: BACKUP
Description: create a backup file whenever a save operation
is performed.
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: BEEP
Description: Whether AME will beep on error, on searches not found, etc.
Variable Type: boolean
Initial value: set
Variable Name: CASE
Description: Case sensitive search
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: CHECK
Description: Positive numeric value for number of keys hit
between creation of checkpoint file. If this value is
0 no checkpoint files will be saved.
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 0
Variable Name: CMODE
Description: C mode (brace checking, C style indent). This mode is
automatically turned on for a buffer when a file with a C ending
is loaded (.c or .h)
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: COLOR
Description: Color for text line. (from 0 to 7).
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 3
Variable Name: CONWAIT
Description: Wait factor for con-handler I/O. This variable is used
to increase the amount of time AME will wait for a character
from the terminal before looking for other events. This
value must be increased for use on a terminal less
than 300 baud (5000 suggested). If escape sequences seem
to be broken up the CONWAIT value should be increased.
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 2500
Variable Name: EOL
Description: Whether to track the ends of lines on up/down cursor movement,
or attempt to stay in the same column.
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: FOLDS
Description: Global flag controlling whether folds are allowed
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: set
Variable Name: FREQ
Description: Use the ASL library file requester
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: set (unless the WINDOW keyword is specified)
Variable Name: ICONS
Description: save default project icons with files
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: INDENT
Description: positive numeric column to indent to when indent
function is called
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 4
Variable Name: LEFT
Description: positive numeric value for the left margin
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 0
Variable Name: MBYTE
Description: Follow EUC rules for the extended 16 bit character set
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: MODE
Description: all mode variables
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: MCOLOR
Description: Background color for mode line. (from 0 to 7; 0 indicates
a special mode, in which AME uses normal background color, but
uses the - character for the mode line.) If the mode line
background color is set to the same color as the text color,
the mode line background color is set to the highlight
color, and the modeline forground color is set to
background color.
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 3
Variable Name: OVER
Description: overwrite mode
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: PROJECT
Description: Name of project
Variable Type: string
Initial value: <NONE>
Variable Name: READ
Description: Make the buffer readonly. The text in the buffer cannot be
changed when in readonly mode. This mode is automatically
set when a write protected file is read into a new buffer.
Variable Type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: REGEX
Description: Regular expression search
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: set
Variable Name: REQ
Description: Turn on all requesters (including file requester)
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: RIGHT
Description: positive numeric value for the right margin
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 70
Variable Name: RXCON
Description: Default console for Arexx standard input/output.
Variable Type: string
Initial value: NIL:
Variable Name: SCORE
Description: Special update mode, optimized for large
windows (like when using AME on the A2024 Workbench)
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: TAB
Description: positive numeric value for the number of spaces
inserted when the tab key is hit. If TAB is 0,
a real tab is inserted. (A real tab is always 8).
Variable type: numeric
Initial value: 0
Variable Name: TEMP
Description: Whether this buffer has to be saved before exiting, and whether
AME will ask before replacing this buffer.
Variable Type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: UNDO
Description: Record changes for undo operations.
Variable type: boolean
Initial value: unset
Variable Name: USTEPS
Description: Number of records allocated for undo operations.
