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In article <13837@cbmvax.commodore.com> peter@cbmvax (Peter Cherna) writes:
>In article <david.5634@starsoft.UUCP> david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes:
>>I just bought CygnusEdPro, and am having a few problems defining
>>macros.
>
>>Is there any way to list key bindings?
>
>No.
>
>>Is there any way to type macros in a file, then have CygnusEd read them?
>
>No.  You'd have to use a script.

Both of which are serious flaws (IMHO) in an otherwise excellent editor.

It seems one (relatively simple) way to overcome this would be to
allow the binding of macros from INSIDE an ARexx script.  In fact, I
half expected this feature to be included when I saw the massive
support for ARexx by CEDPro 2.0.  However, binding macros from ARexx
seems to be one of the only things left out (I tried, even though
there was no documentation on whether this was possible, but had no
success).  One could write ARexx functions that define a certain set
of keystrokes, and then call each function along with the key you
wanted it bound to from your control routine.  And ARexx seems to be
an excellent language for such purposes.

With ARexx standard in AmigaDos 2.0, is there any reason not to
include this kind of capability?

Maurice LeBrun                Institute for Fusion Studies  
mjl@fusion.ph.utexas.edu      University of Texas at Austin