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- This zip contains a couple of potentially handy macros, for use with
- the KMAC macro facility on the S3a:
-
- 1. A macro to insert the time-date string at the current cursor
- position of the foreground application
-
- 2. A macro to count the number of words in a highlighted block of
- text in the Word Processor.
-
- Each of these macros is customisable, so that users can improve their
- performance.
-
- Files in this zip
- -----------------
- README.TXT This documentation
- CWORD.DYL Used by the word counting macro
- CWORDSRC.TXT Discussion of source code of CWORD.DYL
-
- Background
- ----------
- I assume you already have KMAC installed and running on your S3a.
- If not, see eg message 286 on the psion/files conference on CIX.
-
- Additions to your top-level KMA file
- ------------------------------------
-
- MACRO DateStamp
- KEY Z
- QUIET
- CONTENTS
- oM:\OPO\datestmp.opo
-
- MACRO Count Words
- KEY K
- QUIET
- CONTENTS
- HA:\DYL\CWORD.DYL
-
- Comments
- --------
- You can of course choose different key assignments, and/or alter the
- exact locations where the .OPO and .DYL files are expected to be
- found.
-
- The first of these works by invoking an LPC-aware opl program (source
- given below), and then second works by getting the foreground process
- to hook the specified DYL.
-
- Code for DATESTMP.OPL
- ---------------------
-
- PROC datestmp:
- global lpcHand%,lpoHand%
- loadm "m:\opo\kmaclib"
- call($198d,100,0)
- lpOpen:
- lpWrite:(%f,"")
- lpWrite:(%S,datim$)
- ENDP
-
- The CALL locks the running OPO into background, to leave the previous
- application in foreground.
-
- The GLOBAL declarations are standard for an LPC-aware OPL program, as
- are the LOADM and lpOpen: lines.
-
- The lpWrite:(%f,"") attaches to the foreground process.
-
- The lpWrite:(%S,str$) then sends the string str$ to the attached
- process, character by character as separate keypresses.
-
- If you don't like the particular format provided by DATIM$, change
- this bit of the program.
-
- Where you have to put files
- ---------------------------
- The above macro definitions get edited into your top level .KMA file.
-
- You need to translate the above .OPL program and then put the
- resulting .OPO wherever the "o" command expects to find it.
-
- You need to put the file CWORD.DYL where the "H" command expects to
- find it.
-
- How to invoke the macros
- ------------------------
- It's the same as for any other KMAC macro.
-