Re: From the KBD file: What is this ?

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Reply to note from "J. R. Fox"  Sun, 04 Nov 2001
12:10:21 -0800

> Yes, this works well, ... No more Beep / error, either.

Good.

> I'm sure I must have a lot of vintage macros that end in XC.
> Possibly a holdover from Xy-3 days, or even earlier ?

No, that's a misconception, Jordan. Func XC has always had one and
only one use: to eXeCute the command on the command line. It has no
role to play in any other context. You should comb through your
..KBD file and delete any func XC's that do not execute commands;
otherwise, they will cause untold mischief (by executing whatever
command happens to be on the CMline when the key is pressed). There
was no change whatsoever in this regard from version 3 to 4.

> What size is it prudent to keep one's KBD file under ? Do
> comments or commented out lines count against what gets loaded
> into memory ?

I wouldn't worry too much about file size. If it loads and doesn't
generate out-of-memory errors, you're OK. I'd be flabbergasted if
comments counted against memory usage. Maybe Tim Baehr could
confirm.

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