Topic: Question about the Alt-0 Keyboard Macro (1 of 3), Read 25 times Conf: Keyboard, keystroke macros From: Peter Rejto Date: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 08:04 PM Hello, I did succeed in redefining the Alt-0 key to be a hot key for loading MYNOTES.NOT Specifically, as per the USTARTUP.VDM file I un commented the line Key_Add("Alt-0",'[MENU]MMY',OK) Now, I would like to adapt this coding to other menu commands as well. Do I understand it correctly : [MENU]MMY stands for {Misc, More macros, MYNOTES} If I take the initials for each of these commands I get MMM ? This idea of using the first initials worked for ,[MENU]TN, which is used by the c-compiler to go to the Next error. That is to say, it was used for {Tools, Next error}. To be sure, this is a minor point, so please do not loose sleep over it. Thanks, -peter

Topic: Re: Question about the Alt-0 Keyboard Macro (2 of 3), Read 26 times Conf: Keyboard, keystroke macros From: Christian Ziemski Date: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 01:25 AM on 03.12.2008 02:09 in vtech-keystroke Listmanager Peter Rejto wrote: > > Do I understand it correctly : > > [MENU]MMY > > stands for {Misc, More macros, MYNOTES} > > If I take the initials for each of these commands I get MMM ? Peter: Those letters are not necessarily the initials of the commands! They represent the accelerator keys - the underlined letters in the menu you are using when navigating via keyboard, sometimes together with the "Alt" key. Christian

Topic: Re: Question about the Alt-0 Keyboard Macro (3 of 3), Read 24 times Conf: Keyboard, keystroke macros From: Peter Rejto Date: Saturday, December 06, 2008 09:53 AM On 12/3/2008 1:25:34 AM, Christian Ziemski wrote: >on 03.12.2008 02:09 in vtech-keystroke >Listmanager Peter Rejto wrote: >> >> Do I understand it correctly : >> >> [MENU]MMY >> >> stands for {Misc, More macros, MYNOTES} >> >> If I take the initials for each of these commands I get MMM ? > >Peter: > >Those letters are not necessarily the >initials of the commands! > >They represent the accelerator keys - >the underlined letters in the menu >you are using when navigating via >keyboard, sometimes together with the > "Alt" key. Thanks Christian, This is exactly that I was missing. Following up your comment, I also went back to my TOOL and USER menus. Now I realize the role of the first item, and I checked these settings. As a result, I can use hot keys in context sensitive settings. For example, the Vedit C-Compiler sets up Alt-N as go to Next error. In my Compare menu, I did set up the Alt-N key as go to Next difference. I was also glad to see that the role of the Alternate key that you described also works in Firefox. Thanks again, -peter.