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� Makro
� version 1.01 (23-Jun-93)
� by Dave Thomas, � 1993
Purpose ___________________________________________________________________
Makro allows you to define simple string sequences that can be 'played back'
as if you had types them in at the keyboard. These are known as 'macros'.
Usage _____________________________________________________________________
When first loaded Mode will open a window in the bottom-left hand corner of
the screen. This window consists of an upright grey rectangle on the left of
the window and four horizontal 'slabs'. The grey rectangle acts like a title
bar. You can drag using Adjust anywhere else over the window to resize it.
To define a macro, click Menu over any of the four slabs, a menu will appear
with Info, New & Quit options on it. The first and last are self-explanatory,
'New' is the one we're interested in, move the pointer over the arrow to get
the submenu. Now you can type in the text you want stored. When you've
finished press Return, the text you have written will be stored in the icon.
When you click on the icon next, it will be inserted into whatever currently
has input focus. You can also press Ctrl when over one of the slabs to insert
it, this is useful for menus and dialogue boxes which disappear normally.
Notes _____________________________________________________________________
� Strings are OS_GSTrans'ed ie. things like '<Sys$Time>' will be expanded
into the form '19:51:42'. Also control strings (|M etc) are dealt with.
� Maximum macro size is 255 chars.
� Not tested on anythang other than my littl' ol' A3000 with Risc OS 3.10
� Any enhancements you want me to make then *please* contact me (see below)
Versions __________________________________________________________________
1.00 - First version
1.01 - Improved the input routine due to discovery of OS_Byte 153! Text
appears 'instantly' now!
Copyright _________________________________________________________________
This software is supplied "as is"; using it is entirely at your own risk.
You are free to distribute this application to anyone you please via any
medium, provided it is delivered with *all* the supplied files, *unaltered*.
You are not allowed to sell this software and I do not want to see it
supplied as a 'freebie' with any commercial packages, although I welcome
invitations to discuss any details should you want to do so. I (the author)
retain copyright over all of this application apart from the Interface
Manager module, to which I make no claims.
If you want a disc packed with all the very latest versions of my apps and
utils, then please send me �3 (to cover costs) at the address below.
If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
anything else to offer me don't hesitate to write to -
Dave Thomas
20 Rosebery Avenue
Waterloo
Liverpool
L22 2BH
See ya, hepcats!
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Mak| 00000090 72 6f 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f |ro allows you to| 000000a0 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 73 | define simple s| 000000b0 74 72 69 6e 67 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 73 20 |tring sequences | 000000c0 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 27 70 6c 61 |that can be 'pla| 000000d0 79 65 64 20 62 61 63 6b 27 0a 61 73 20 69 66 20 |yed back'.as if | 000000e0 79 6f 75 20 68 61 64 20 74 79 70 65 73 20 74 68 |you had types th| 000000f0 65 6d 20 69 6e 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 |em in at the key| 00000100 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 |board. These are| 00000110 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 61 73 20 27 6d 61 63 72 6f | known as 'macro| 00000120 73 27 2e 0a 0a 20 55 73 61 67 65 20 5f 5f 5f 5f |s'... Usage ____| 00000130 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________________| * 00000170 5f 0a 0a 20 57 68 65 6e 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6c |_.. When first l| 00000180 6f 61 64 65 64 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |oaded Mode will | 00000190 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 6e |open a window in| 000001a0 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 2d 6c 65 66 74 | the bottom-left| 000001b0 20 68 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 72 6e 65 72 20 6f 66 0a | hand corner of.| 000001c0 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 54 68 69 73 |the screen. This| 000001d0 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 73 | window consists| 000001e0 20 6f 66 20 61 6e 20 75 70 72 69 67 68 74 20 67 | of an upright g| 000001f0 72 65 79 20 72 65 63 74 61 6e 67 6c 65 20 6f 6e |rey rectangle on| 00000200 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 6f 66 0a 74 68 65 | the left of.the| 00000210 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 75 72 | window and four| 00000220 20 68 6f 72 69 7a 6f 6e 74 61 6c 20 27 73 6c 61 | horizontal 'sla| 00000230 62 73 27 2e 20 54 68 65 20 67 72 65 79 20 72 65 |bs'. The grey re| 00000240 63 74 61 6e 67 6c 65 20 61 63 74 73 20 6c 69 6b |ctangle acts lik| 00000250 65 20 61 20 74 69 74 6c 65 0a 62 61 72 2e 20 59 |e a title.bar. Y| 00000260 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 64 72 61 67 20 75 73 69 6e |ou can drag usin| 00000270 67 20 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 61 6e 79 77 68 65 72 |g Adjust anywher| 00000280 65 20 65 6c 73 65 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 |e else over the | 00000290 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 69 7a 65 |window to resize| 000002a0 20 69 74 2e 0a 20 54 6f 20 64 65 66 69 6e 65 20 | it.. To define | 000002b0 61 20 6d 61 63 72 6f 2c 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 4d |a macro, click M| 000002c0 65 6e 75 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 |enu over any of | 000002d0 74 68 65 20 66 6f 75 72 20 73 6c 61 62 73 2c 20 |the four slabs, | 000002e0 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 65 |a menu will appe| 000002f0 61 72 0a 77 69 74 68 20 49 6e 66 6f 2c 20 4e 65 |ar.with Info, Ne| 00000300 77 20 26 20 51 75 69 74 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 |w & Quit options| 00000310 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 2e 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 | on it. 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Ma| 000005f0 78 69 6d 75 6d 20 6d 61 63 72 6f 20 73 69 7a 65 |ximum macro size| 00000600 20 69 73 20 32 35 35 20 63 68 61 72 73 2e 0a 20 | is 255 chars.. | 00000610 8f 20 4e 6f 74 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 |. Not tested on | 00000620 61 6e 79 74 68 61 6e 67 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 |anythang other t| 00000630 68 61 6e 20 6d 79 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 27 20 6f 6c |han my littl' ol| 00000640 27 20 41 33 30 30 30 20 77 69 74 68 20 52 69 73 |' A3000 with Ris| 00000650 63 20 4f 53 20 33 2e 31 30 0a 20 8f 20 41 6e 79 |c OS 3.10. . Any| 00000660 20 65 6e 68 61 6e 63 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 79 6f | enhancements yo| 00000670 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b |u want me to mak| 00000680 65 20 74 68 65 6e 20 2a 70 6c 65 61 73 65 2a 20 |e then *please* | 00000690 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 6d 65 20 28 73 65 65 20 |contact me (see | 000006a0 62 65 6c 6f 77 29 0a 0a 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |below).. Version| 000006b0 73 20 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |s ______________| 000006c0 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________________| * 000006f0 5f 5f 5f 5f 0a 0a 31 2e 30 30 20 2d 20 46 69 72 |____..1.00 - Fir| 00000700 73 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 0a 31 2e 30 31 20 |st version.1.01 | 00000710 2d 20 49 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 69 |- Improved the i| 00000720 6e 70 75 74 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 20 64 75 65 |nput routine due| 00000730 20 74 6f 20 64 69 73 63 6f 76 65 72 79 20 6f 66 | to discovery of| 00000740 20 4f 53 5f 42 79 74 65 20 31 35 33 21 20 54 65 | OS_Byte 153! Te| 00000750 78 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 |xt. appears| 00000760 20 27 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 74 6c 79 27 20 6e 6f 77 | 'instantly' now| 00000770 21 0a 0a 20 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 5f 5f |!.. Copyright __| 00000780 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________________| * 000007b0 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 0a |_______________.| 000007c0 0a 20 54 68 69 73 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 |. This software | 000007d0 69 73 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 22 61 73 20 |is supplied "as | 000007e0 69 73 22 3b 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 69 73 |is"; using it is| 000007f0 20 65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79 20 61 74 20 79 6f 75 | entirely at you| 00000800 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 72 69 73 6b 2e 20 0a 59 6f 75 |r own risk. .You| 00000810 20 61 72 65 20 66 72 65 65 20 74 6f 20 64 69 73 | are free to dis| 00000820 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 |tribute this app| 00000830 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 79 6f |lication to anyo| 00000840 6e 65 20 79 6f 75 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 76 69 |ne you please vi| 00000850 61 20 61 6e 79 0a 6d 65 64 69 75 6d 2c 20 70 72 |a any.medium, pr| 00000860 6f 76 69 64 65 64 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 64 65 6c |ovided it is del| 00000870 69 76 65 72 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 2a 61 6c 6c |ivered with *all| 00000880 2a 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 20 66 |* the supplied f| 00000890 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 2a 75 6e 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 |iles, *unaltered| 000008a0 2a 2e 0a 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 |*..You are not a| 000008b0 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6c 6c 20 74 |llowed to sell t| 000008c0 68 69 73 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 61 6e 64 |his software and| 000008d0 20 49 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 | I do not want t| 000008e0 6f 20 73 65 65 20 69 74 0a 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 |o see it.supplie| 000008f0 64 20 61 73 20 61 20 27 66 72 65 65 62 69 65 27 |d as a 'freebie'| 00000900 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 72 | with any commer| 00000910 63 69 61 6c 20 70 61 63 6b 61 67 65 73 2c 20 61 |cial packages, a| 00000920 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 49 20 77 65 6c 63 6f 6d |lthough I welcom| 00000930 65 0a 69 6e 76 69 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f |e.invitations to| 00000940 20 64 69 73 63 75 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20 64 65 74 | discuss any det| 00000950 61 69 6c 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 79 6f 75 20 |ails should you | 00000960 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 73 6f 2e 20 49 |want to do so. I| 00000970 20 28 74 68 65 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 29 0a 72 65 | (the author).re| 00000980 74 61 69 6e 20 63 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 6f |tain copyright o| 00000990 76 65 72 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 |ver all of this | 000009a0 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 70 61 72 |application apar| 000009b0 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 |t from the Inter| 000009c0 66 61 63 65 0a 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 20 6d 6f 64 |face.Manager mod| 000009d0 75 6c 65 2c 20 74 6f 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 49 20 |ule, to which I | 000009e0 6d 61 6b 65 20 6e 6f 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 73 2e 0a |make no claims..| 000009f0 0a 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 61 20 |. If you want a | 00000a00 64 69 73 63 20 70 61 63 6b 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 |disc packed with| 00000a10 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 6c 61 | all the very la| 00000a20 74 65 73 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 |test versions of| 00000a30 20 6d 79 20 61 70 70 73 20 61 6e 64 0a 75 74 69 | my apps and.uti| 00000a40 6c 73 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 |ls, then please | 00000a50 73 65 6e 64 20 6d 65 20 a3 33 20 28 74 6f 20 63 |send me .3 (to c| 00000a60 6f 76 65 72 20 63 6f 73 74 73 29 20 61 74 20 74 |over costs) at t| 00000a70 68 65 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 |he address below| 00000a80 2e 0a 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 |.. If you have a| 00000a90 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 2c 20 62 75 67 |ny comments, bug| 00000aa0 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 73 2c 20 73 75 67 67 65 73 | reports, sugges| 00000ab0 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 |tions for future| 00000ac0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 72 0a 61 6e 79 | versions or.any| 00000ad0 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 65 20 74 6f 20 6f 66 |thing else to of| 00000ae0 66 65 72 20 6d 65 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 68 65 73 |fer me don't hes| 00000af0 69 74 61 74 65 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 74 |itate to write t| 00000b00 6f 20 2d 0a 0a 20 20 44 61 76 65 20 54 68 6f 6d |o -.. Dave Thom| 00000b10 61 73 0a 20 20 20 32 30 20 52 6f 73 65 62 65 72 |as. 20 Roseber| 00000b20 79 20 41 76 65 6e 75 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 57 61 |y Avenue. Wa| 00000b30 74 65 72 6c 6f 6f 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 69 |terloo. Li| 00000b40 76 65 72 70 6f 6f 6c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |verpool. | 00000b50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 32 32 20 32 42 48 | L22 2BH| 00000b60 0a 0a 53 65 65 20 79 61 2c 20 68 65 70 63 61 74 |..See ya, hepcat| 00000b70 73 21 0a |s!.| 00000b73
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