Hiya Marc,

On Apr 04, 1998 {at}22:20, Marc Lewis wrote to All:

 ML> I have for quite some time been using timEd for most of my
 ML> message work while at my node computer.  In the very good
 ML> possibility that Gerard will refuse to correct the Y2k bug in
 ML> it (and NetMgr)...

I believe he's stated publicly that he will not fix the Y2K bug in any of
his programs. :(  Msged will do nicely but I'm hoping someone will write a
new NetMgr before too long.

 ML> I use some key macros that are quite important to my
 ML> operation and am wondering if there will be a way to convert
 ML> some of them to work with Msged.  Here is an example of one...

 ML> ----- macro begins -----
 ML> {at}F10 READenter "All" enter "VIS Press Release--(This is a
 ML> 'READ ONLY' area.)" enter enter EDITdelline EDITdelline
 ML> EDITdelline EDITdelline EDITdelline EDITup EDITimportfile
 ML> "vis"enter EDITdown EDITdown EDITdown EDITimportfile
 ML> "d:\foobar"enter
 ML> ----- macro ends -----

I'll try to translate this into Msged format but you'll probably need to
experiment to get it exactly the way you want it.  This would be all on one
line as well:

   Function 10 \0x12All^MVIS Press Release--(This is a 'READ ONLY' area.)
   ^M^M^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y\0x48\0x17vis^M\0x50\0x50\0x50\0x48d:\\foobar\\*.*^M

Here's the translation:

    {at}F10             = Function 10
    StartMsg (Alt-E) = \0x12  ("escaped" key scan code)
    enter            = ^M
    EDITdelline      = ^Y
    EDITup           = \0x48
    EDITdown         = \0x50
    EDITimportfile   = \0x17

 ML> The last EDITimportfile "d:\foobar" presents a list of files
 ML> in that directory to choose from.  The file is highlighted
 ML> and when enter is pressed it is imported into the open
 ML> message I'm working on.

And that's where you'll run into trouble.  In older versions of Msged there
is no "pick list" presented.  The good news is that v4.30 has
that function. :)

 ML> I guess what I'm asking here is are there eqivalent macro
 ML> keystroke commands that I can use to accomplish this task?

Best I can do without actually setting up files and directories and trying it.

Cheers,

 -Jack
 ogre{at}nashville.com

... Don't ask me. The cats are in charge around here.
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