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HP EDIT Reference Manual

Macro Commands 

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|     Key      |                Command                 |             Definition             |
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|    ESC (     | Begin Capture                          | Begins capturing keyboard input    |
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|    ESC )     | Capture Macro                          | Uses captured input for macro      |
|              |                                        | definition                         |
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|              | Capture File                           | Saves captured input to named file |
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|      z       | Define Macro                           | Uses text on current line for      |
|              |                                        | macro definition                   |
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|    ESC z     | Define Multiple Macros                 | Uses text on each successive line  |
|              |                                        | as a separate macro definition     |
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|      m       | Execute Macro                          | Executes named macro               |
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|      M       | Go To Macro                            | Branches to and executes named     |
|              |                                        | macro                              |
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|              | Show Macros                            | Displays all defined macros        |
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|    ESC "     | Display Message                        | Prompts for text to display on     |
|              |                                        | message line                       |
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|              | Delay                                  | Suspends macro execution for       |
|              |                                        | [count] seconds                    |
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|      Z       | Insert Macro                           | Inserts definition of named macro  |
|              |                                        | in text                            |
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|    ESC Z     | Insert All Macros                      | Inserts all macro definitions in   |
|              |                                        | text                               |
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|    ESC D     | Delete Macro                           | Deletes a specified macro          |
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|  ESC CTRL d  | Delete All Macros                      | Removes all macro definitions      |
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|      Q       | Quit Macro                             | Terminates macro execution         |
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|      "       | Use Current Key Assignment             | Interprets following keystroke as  |
|              |                                        | editor command instead of macro    |
|              |                                        | name                               |
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