Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!eos!amelia!pioneer.arc.nasa.gov!samlb From: samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: CP/M WordStar? Keywords: Macros Message-ID: <1887@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 4 May 89 09:43:52 GMT References: <8904281337.AA08625@lavi.uucp> Sender: news@amelia.nas.nasa.gov Reply-To: samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Sam Bassett RCD) Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center Lines: 23 The answer is: Yes, sort of. Wordstar 4.0 has a sort of macro-recording and replaying facility connected to the key -- You can record up to about 256 characters (I think) which will be associated with a letter, and stored on disk. To replay the macro, hit and a letter -- for instance, I have a macro to delete all *.BAK files (y*.bak^M) in the E key, so I just type E to wipe out the BAKs . . . If this will do (and you can call another macro from a macro, but I don't know how deep you can nest 'em) for your purposes, then yes, WS _does_ have macros -- otherwise, sorrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee . . . Sam'l Bassett, Sterling Software @ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 94035 Work: (415) 694-4792; Home: (415) 454-7282 samlb%well@lll-crg.ARPA samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov := 'Sterling doesn't _have_ opinions -- much less NASA!' Sam'l Bassett, Sterling Software @ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 94035 Work: (415) 694-4792; Home: (415) 454-7282 samlb%well@lll-crg.ARPA samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov := 'Sterling doesn't _have_ opinions -- much less NASA!'