Creating a keyboard shortcut

You can assign macros to special keys and certain combinations of keys to create a keyboard shortcut. A macro consists of one or more commands that are displayed on the status bar as follows:

Keyboard shortcuts are more powerful than aliases. An alias lets you abbreviate a single command name; a keyboard shortcut contains one or more macros. To activate a macro, you press the shortcut key; you do not need to press Enter as you do with an alias. A shortcut consists of the following keys:

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Create a keyboard shortcut

Delete an existing keyboard shortcut

Load a keyboard shortcut file

Redefine an existing keyboard shortcut

Save the current keyboard shortcuts to a file