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Folks,
I frequently (more often than one might suppose) come across situations
where I must convert text from one form to another. For example
DCOSH (dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
becomes
Dcosh = "DCOSH" "(" dbl ")" .
I can not do this in any kind of repetitive way using the BlackBox
editor, that is, at least not to my knowledge.
If I were using TvEdit (an old 1970's editor) I could define a macro
"/z" (Ctrl-z) that would start at the current location and
DCOSH (dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
"cw" (copy word)
DCOSH DCOSH (dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
"lw" (lower the case of the word)
dcosh DCOSH (dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
"uc" (upper case character)
Dcosh DCOSH (dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
")" (go to start of next word)
'i= "[ESC]' (insert an equals sign and space, revert back to command
mode by typing the escape key)
Dcosh = "DCOSH (dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
".)" (go end of current word)
'i"[ESC]' (insert quote, revert to command mode)
"s(" (search for a left parenthesis on this line)
'i"[ESC]>i" [ESC]' (put double quotes around parenthesis)
Dcosh = DCOSH "(" dbl) DOUBLE PRECISION
"s)" (search for right parens)
'i "[ESC]>i"[ESC]' (quote right parens)
Dcosh = DCOSH "(" dbl ")" DOUBLE PRECISION
"$dc" (infinite delete characters to end of line )
Dcosh = DCOSH "(" dbl ")"
"i .[ESC]" (end expression with a period)
Then any other line of the form
FUNCTION (arg) type
could be converted by a single keystroke (Ctrl-z, say) to
Function = "FUNCTION" "(" arg ")" .
My fingers still remember the ease with which one could edit large
passages of repetitive text without having them leave the keyboard to
touch a mouse.
Has anyone implemented a macro capability as an add on to the Blackbox
editor?
-Doug
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