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Longname: | @ |  |
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| See also: | <#> tyone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summary |
Inserts a specified string of characters at the current text cursor position exactly as typed. This is useful for inserting attribute changes directly, or even for inserting an item of 'boilerplate' text quickly. |
Example extract |
The macro below inserts the codes for a typeface change into the text stream at the text cursor position, and then redraws the screen. Because it is followed by another macro, @ and its text have to be placed within parentheses:
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Syntax
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insert_string:b |
The string of characters to be inserted in the text stream. These are not validated, so it is quite easy to get invalid sequences of characters (e.g. mismatched brackets). |
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An alternative to using the @ macro is to click on the |
Example |
When an @ macro appears within parentheses the (, ) and \ characters are treated specially. Preceding any of these characters with the backslash will output the character itself, so the macro below will output ()\.
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Example |
This is particularly important to remember if you use @ to set up Maths keys with functions which require use of the backslash. The macro below does this correctly, and also includes some nested macros which make entering a fraction such as \curr{78}\over{999} easier:
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Example |
The simple script sample below inserts the contents of the ^name variable at the end of strm0 text stream and places a carriage return after that also.
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Document created on 08-Feb-2003 (revision 1)
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