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- Internal Macros
- For QEDIT 2.06B
- Version 1.0 9/29/88
-
- Kirk Bubul
-
- I added the following internal macros to my QEDIT configuration file.
- I found that in the process of editing various message base logs I
- wanted to move various messages around, delete the lines that started
- with "More:" (but which ended with various other words/symbols), and
- generally clean up the look of the messages. Because I am not a
- programmer, I had to feel my way through QMAC and QEDIT. (For
- example, I use a 255 space line within the QCONFIG.DAT file because I
- haven't be able to make QEDIT program accept my "&"s to continue the
- macro on the next line)
-
- Here are the macros. The explanation of each follows:
-
- @i macrobegin addline "Rumplestiltskin" cursorup endline
- markblockend gotoblockbeg appendscrbuff "YIN" return
- markline find "Rumplestiltskin" return return deleteblock
- maketopofscreen
- @g macrobegin getscrbuff "YIN" return
- @k macrobegin markline markline storescrbuff "YIN" return
- @v macrobegin markline markline appendscrbuff "YIN" return delline
-
- Explanation:
-
- The purpose of these macros is to aid in the gathering up of
- like-subject messages and appending them into a scratch buffer called
- "YIN" for later relocation elsewhere in the program. One of the QEDIT
- features I don't like is the fact that a highlighted block that is
- added to a scratch buffer has the highlight removed as part of the
- process of being put to the buffer (Please! Sammy.) So I created the
- Rumplestiltskin trick to overcome it.
-
- Here's what these keys do:
-
- @i Following a previously placed MARKBLOCKBEGIN, @i marks
- the end of the block, moves the cursor down one line and
- writes the word "Rumplestiltskin to serve as a unique
- marker for refinding this spot, goes up one line and to the end
- of the line, and marks the end of the block. It then returns
- to the start of the block, appends the block to a scratch buffer
- named "YIN," (There is a "YANG" set that does the same thing,
- except that it uses the buffer "YANG" and DOES NOT DELETE a block
- after copying it to the buffer.) then remarks the same block by
- invoking markline and finding "Rumplestiltskin." The old block,
- plus the "Rumplestiltskin" line are now all highlighted and removed.
- (I chose @i as "insert.")
-
- @v Does the same thing as @i except it marks, buffers, and deletes
- a SINGLE LINE. I find this very convenient for quick rough sorting,
- such as one would do after dumping a quick scan of a message base.
-
- @g This macro simply "gets" all the contents of the "YIN" buffer and
- sticks it on the line above the cursor. Like and buffer in QEDIT, the
- contents remain unless removed, so I also created:
-
-
-
-
-
- @k To clean out the buffer (Remember that @i always APPENDS), @k
- "kleans" by marking the cursor line and STORING (rather than
- appending) that line to the "YIN" buffer. Since the @g always results
- in the cursor being on a blank line, it is easy to @g, observe that
- the buffered stuff did write to where you wanted, then hit @k to empty
- "YIN" for the next set of messages on another topic. (Yes, I know that
- I could stick the klean function onto the back end of @g, but Bubul's
- Law is even harsher than Murphy's Law when it comes to asserting a
- propensity for doing Really Dumb Things. Here, two steps *are* better
- than one.)
-
-
- Here are some other macros that I find very useful.
-
- This just deletes the 30 spaces to the right of the cursor:
-
- ^e macrobegin delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch &
- delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch &
- delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delchkeep
-
- This deletes the next 20 spaces to the right of the cursor:
-
- ^d macrobegin delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch
- delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch
-
- This deletes the next 10 spaces to the right of the cursor
-
- ^c macrobegin delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch delch
-
- To find the next occurrance of the word "More:" (Especially useful when
- using the since screen prompt.) I made ^g the delete so my pinky
- could rest on the control key and my index finger could dance between
- ^f and ^g to find and delete these lines.
-
- ^f macrobegin find "More:" return return
- ^g delline
-
- To get rid of those ASCII 08 code things that tend to clutter up some
- of the "More" lines
-
- ^y macrobegin findreplace "" return " " backspace return return "g"
-
- To jump 40 spaces across a line (If in 8-column tab defaule *and* NOT
- in insert mode):
-
- ^i macrobegin tab_rt tab_rt tab_rt tab_rt tab_rt
-
- Last, to get a running start on highlighting the next block for YINing
- or YANGing or deleting, ^a marks the start of a block, then highlights
- the next 16 lines:
-
- ^a macrobegin markblockbegin maketopofscreen cursordown
- cursordown cursordown cursordown cursordown
- cursordown cursordown cursordown cursordown cursordown
- cursordown cursordown cursordown cursordown cursordown
- cursordown markblockend
-
-
-
- USING THE MACROS
-
- Once you have typed these macros into your QCONFIG.DAT file and
- have run QCONFIG.EXE successfully, you are ready to use these macros.
- Because they are in the configuration, they are always available
- without any special loading.
-
-
- THE HELP SCREEN.
-
- As you can tell from my choice of function keys for these macros, I
- have greatly modified the QEDIT configuration in order to facilitate
- using my left hand and the keys that are within easy reach of it.
- Therefore, I have included my QHLP928.TXT file which shows these
- keys.
-
- ┌─ Qedit Help (See @z for Command Help)────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ │
- │Macros Within the Program │
- │ │
- │ ^c Del 10 sp at the cursor ^d Del 20 ^c Del 30 │
- │ │
- │ ^y Find all 's & del'em │
- │ │
- │ ^f Find "More:" ^g Del_line │
- │ │
- │ ^2 Macro_read (to load a macro) │
- │ │
- │ ^h Horizontal_window (split window)(to load a new file) │
- │ │
- │ ^i tab_rt 5 times (to jump 1/2 line right) │
- │ │
- │ ^a Markblockbegin and highlight 16 lines(jump start block mark) "Yang" │
- │ @i Markblockend, Append into YIN, then DELETE block ^r │
- │ @v Markline on a single line, append into keep, then delete that line ^v │
- │ @g Getscrbuff "KEEP" ^s │
- │ @k Klean scrbuff by @l@l & storing to scrbuff ^t │
- │ │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- You will note that the top of this help screen mentions using @z to
- see the Command Help. I used the Capture and Help commands from PC
- Magazine to create a 7-page help table. Two pages are devoted to my
- configuration of all the QEDIT action keys, and five pages are devoted
- to the helps for the external macros I have created to help in editing
- the message bases from the bulletin boards that I call.
-
- To load the HELP file going into QEDIT, and to unload it coming out, I
- used the following ED.BAT:
-
- echo off
- help help928.bin /n8 /hz >nul
- q929 %1
- help /u >nul
-
- I hope that this helps you folks. I'd be interested in seeing what
- neat things others have done
-
-