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Re: macro software

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From: Joerg Richard Weimar
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:16
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In article <C0EFrG.68n@cs.mcgill.ca> gschmidt@mafalda (Georg Schmidt)  
writes:
> How can one set up "keyboard macros" allowing one by a few keystrokes to  
get  
> predetermined blocks of text onto the screen one is editing? This should  
be  
> really useful for saving time when  handling complicated tex jobs.   
Thanks for  
> any ideas!
> Georg Schmidt
When you edit using Edit (at least under NS 2.1), create a file .editdict
with entries like the following:
a	\\alpha
b	\\beta
c	\\chi
d	\\delta
ep	\\epsilon

....
This will allow you to get the text following the tab by typing the  
shortcut and then Escape. The characters before the cursor will be  
replaced by the text blocks.
--
                        Joerg R. Weimar
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From: jweimar@ulb.ac.be (Joerg Richard Weimar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Re: macro software
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Date: 6 Jan 93 16:16:29 GMT
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